created by

john gilmore

script type

syntax

description

This script highlights matching parenthesis with a rainbow of colors. This make it visually very obvious which matches what. Most useful for Lisp.

install details

I dropped it into my ~/.vim/plugin directory. This make it show up all the time UNLESS you have syntax highlighting active. (because it's cleared out by the act of loading syntax highlighting) SO you must add a line like runtime plugin/RainbowParenthsis.vim to the END of your ~/.vim/syntax/lisp.vim file (or the syntax file for whatever language you are using) You may also source it directly with :so <filename>.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
RainbowParenthsis.vim	1.1	2005-03-12	6.0	john gilmore	Now works nice(r) with more complex syntax highlighting (like c, for instance)
RainbowParenthsis.vim	1.0	2005-03-05	6.0	john gilmore	Initial upload

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