Hey all :)
I did it some time back with :set mps+=<:>
thanks,
Nikhil.
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:26:09 -0800, Nifty Hat Mitch
<mitch48@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:11:18AM +0530, mnikhil m wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2005 coming
> >
> > I have a query , in VI , when I write a code , I use '%' to jump to
> > the next '}' or '{' , but when I am writing an HTML code , I simply
> > want is jump to '<' and '>' when I press <Esc>% , I think it should
> > happen ,even I tried to install matchit plugin in my VIM , but canot
> > get it,
> > Could any one please show me how could I set '%' key to jump to next
> > '>' or '<' , when I edit an *HTML* file .
>
> Hmmmm... look to setting something like in your own .vimrc file
>
> set matchpairs=(:),{:},[:],<:>
>
> You may wish to wrap this inside a test for syntax
> syn=html
> or some such hook to keep the change only for html files.
>
> More '%' stuff is setup in matchit.
> In vim type
>
> :help matchit
>
> I see this hint in /usr/share/vim/vim62/macros/matchit.txt
>
> "In Vim, as in plain vi, the percent key, |%|, jumps the cursor from a
> brace, bracket, or paren to its match. This can be configured with
> the 'matchpairs' option. The matchit plugin extends this in several
> ways:..."
>
> AND....
> "Examples:
> Suppose you
>
> :let b:match_words = '<:>,<tag>:</tag>'
>
> and hit "%" with the cursor on or before the "<" in "a <tag> is
> born". The pattern '<' comes first, so it is preferred over
> '<tag>', which also matches. If the cursor is on the "t",
> however, then '<tag>' is preferred, because this matches a bit
> of text containing the cursor. If the two groups of patterns
> were reversed then '<' would never be preferred.
>
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