On 20/10/09 23:34, Lev Lvovsky wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Charles Campbell wrote: >> What version of vim are you using that you don't have highlighting for >> matching parentheses? With vim 7.x, the matchparen.vim plugin is >> automatically loaded if you have > > turns out it's the following: > > VIM - Vi IMproved 6.3 (2004 June 7, compiled Nov 22 2007 04:20:27) > > I seem to remember 6.x having this functionality - is it otherwise > available in a plugin? > > thanks! > -lev
I'm not sure -- the standard matchparen plugin (for Vim 7) uses the new ":3match" command, not available in Vim 6. It might be possible to modify the plugin to use ":match" instead, if you're willing never to use that command for something else. However, I don't recommend it: since Vim 6.3, versions 6.4, 7.0 and 7.1 have come and gone, and Vim 7.2 has already seen 303 bugfixes. If I were you, I would get rid of that Vim 6.3 and install Vim 7.2.303 in its stead. For Win32, a self-installer can be downloaded as the latest file (currently gvim-7-2-303.exe) under "Vim" at https://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/ and its ":version" output can be seen as the "Release Notes" by clicking the clipboard-like icon on the right. This installer includes "standard" gvim and console vim for Windows, with all runtime files as of build date, and without the "unofficial" Cream patches. For Unix-like OSes, I recommend installing from source, see my HowTo at http://users.skynet.be/antoine.mechelyck/vim/compunix.htm For Mac OS X, there is a project named "MacVim". It has its own vim_mac Google group for questions which don't apply to other versions of Vim, and it is available from a link at http://groups.google.com/group/vim_mac/web/macvim -- however, Console Vim for the Mac is built just like Console Vim for any Unix-like OS, see above. Best regards, Tony. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 201. When somebody asks you where you are, you tell them in which chat room. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
