On Oct 20, 2009, at 12:46 PM, James Michael Fultz wrote:

>
> * Lev Lvovsky <[email protected]> [2009-10-20 12:00 -0700]:
>> On Oct 20, 2009, at 11:04 AM, James Michael Fultz wrote:
> [highlight parentheses match under cursor]
>>> :set showmatch
>>
>> I saw this, but sadly it's not what I'm looking for.  Based on the
>> help for 'showmatch' it jumps the cursor briefly from opening to
>> closing.
>
> Vim's behavior with parentheses is for me as you've described what you
> wish it to be.  I had attributed that to the setting of 'showmatch',
> that now seems not to be so.
>
>> The option which I'm looking for colors the opening and closing
>> characters when the cursor is over either one.  Is there some other
>> setting which showmatch refers to which makes this happen?
>
> Since it is not 'showmatch' that enables the described behavior, I  
> next
> thought that it must be syntax highlighting.  Again, it is not so.
> After some digging, I've found that it is the matchparen plugin
> automatically loaded unless 'compatible' is set.
>
> You could try "set nocompatible".

thanks for your help James, it seems like it's perhaps a version issue.

-lev

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