[ale] vi question

[Geoffrey]

Avery Ceo wrote:
> Your distribution probably aliases 'vi' to 'vim'.  Try adding "set 
> noshowmatch" in ~/.vimrc and see if that fixes it.  It isn't a new 
> feature, probably a change in the default settings for your distro.

You're right about the alias, but I added 'set noshowmatch' to .vimrc 
and it still does it.  This is nuts.

> 
> Avery
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com 
> <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I guess a recent update to vi has a new functionality that whenever my
>     cursor falls on a {[( it automatically shows me the matching one.
> 
>     I don't know about anyone else, but this has got to be the stupidest
>     thing I've ever seen, particularly when you have a goodly number of such
>     beasts.
> 
>     Anyone know how to turn off this bastardization?
> 
>     --
>     Until later, Geoffrey
> 
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>     the pretense of taking care of them."
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson