2008/10/26 Ben Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> OK, from this, when editing a php file I get
>> :echo b:match_words
>> (:),{:},[:]
>>
>> and :verbose set matchpairs? gives
>> matchpairs=(:),{:},[:]
>>
>> However, on my desktop with the latest vim when I do the echo I get this
>>
>> <?php:?>,\<switch\>:\<endswitch\>,\<if\>:\<elseif\>:\<else\>:\<endif\>,\<while\>:\<endwhile\>,\<do\>:\<while\>,\<for\>:\<endfor\>,\<foreach\>:\<endforeach\>,(:),[:],{:},<:>,<\@<=[ou]l\>[^>]*\%(>\|$\):<\@<=li\>:<\@<=/
>> [ou]l>,<\@<=dl\>[^>]*\%(>\|$\):<\@<=d[td]\>:<\@<=/dl>,<\@<=\([^/][^
>> \t>]*\)[^>]*\%(>\|$\):<\@<=/\1>
>>
>> This obviously explains the difference in how things work. Could it be
>> just the version of vim that is causing the problem or something else.
>
> Most likely it's the filetype plugins.
>
> Upgrading the filetype plugins without upgrading Vim itself probably
> isn't a good idea, and I don't know where you could get version
> controlled runtimes to pick up the latest version 6 ones either, though
> they would be likely to work, and might have improvements such as better
> matchit support for some filetypes.
>
> Is it only a few filetypes you are interested in? I would suggest
> finding the relevant parts of the newer filetype plugins and copying
> just those parts into ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/whatever.vim. It probably
> often wouldn't need to be in the after-directory, but sometimes it might
> need to be so might as well make it a habit of putting it there. You can
> download the latest runtime files by FTP or something; see the 'Runtime
> files' section of vim.org for details--don't just use the tarballs, as
> they are not the most current; use the FTP or rsync or aap or something.
>
> E.g. you could try putting this code snippet in
> ~/.vim/after/ftplugin/php.vim which would probably fix it for PHP.
>
> let s:match_words = ""
> if exists("b:match_words")
> let s:match_words = b:match_words
> endif
> if exists("loaded_matchit")
> let b:match_words = '<?php:?>,\<switch\>:\<endswitch\>,' .
> \ '\<if\>:\<elseif\>:\<else\>:\<endif\>,' .
> \ '\<while\>:\<endwhile\>,' .
> \ '\<do\>:\<while\>,' .
> \ '\<for\>:\<endfor\>,' .
> \ '\<foreach\>:\<endforeach\>,' .
> \ '(:),[:],{:},' .
> \ s:match_words
> endif
>
> I don't think the fundamental functionality of matchit has changed much;
> it's just had bugfixes I think; so copying matchit-relevant
> (b:match_words) stuff from newer runtimes shouldn't hurt.
>
It is mainly php and html that I'm interested in so I'll have a look. Thanks
Robin
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