[ale] vi question

[Dustin Puryear]

Yeah, it has been around forever, and if you program it's a life-saver.

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-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Pete
Hardie
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 3:47 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
Subject: Re: [ale] vi question

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 16:38, Geoffrey <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?

set noshowmatch


Seems odd that it just showed up - the feature has been around for
decades.



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