How do I get vim to highlight matching parenthesis

Question

Hi

When I browse code, I need to see opening and closing parenthesis/ brackets, and pressing "%" seems unproductive.

I tried :set showmatch, but it makes the cursor jump back and forth when you type in a bracket. But what to do if I am browsing already written code.

Thanks

Aman Jain

Answer 1

set showmatch is your best bet. you can also use the % command to jump between matching parenthesis, braces, brackets, quotes, etc.

Answer 2

DoMatchParen

in your .vimrc file

or

:DoMatchParen

within vim itself.

Edit: This comes from the pi_paren plugin (which is a standard plugin).

Answer 3

there a nice patch out there called...

oh just forget it

Answer 4

What's the difference between 'DoMatchParen' and the showmatch option?

I believe what the author wants is braces/parenthesis that are highlighted not only when the cursor is on top of a pair of braces, but also when the cursor is in a block of code that's engulfed by a pair of braces.

Is there such a plugin/option?

Answer 5

showmatch works for me, thanks jcoby

Answer 6

Maybe what you want is this plugin:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=350

Answer 7

But is there any better option than :showmatch and pressing % ...??