cornily@cnetlu.UUCP (Cornily) (10/23/89)
I'm using VI for typing Spoke programs. This programming language, based
on Common-Lisp, uses '[' and ']' characters as expression delimiters.
I'd like to get the showmatch possibility for those characters. Now, it
seems to work only on '(' and ')' characters. Any solution ?
Please, respond in this newsgroup. Thanks for advance.
Jean-Michel CORNILY.
Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications - Lannion - Francemaart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath) (10/24/89)
cornily@cnetlu.UUCP (Cornily) writes:
\... '[' and ']' characters as expression delimiters.
\I'd like to get the showmatch possibility for those characters. Now, it
\seems to work only on '(' and ')' characters. Any solution ?
`{' and `}' are handled too.
The following is a work-around for `[' and `]':
map! ] ^V^V]^[%a ^H^[%a
(^V = ctrl-V, ^[ = escape, ^H = ctrl-H)
Note: when typed from within vi (using :map!), every one of the
abovementioned control characters has to be escaped with another ^V.
Explanation:
^V^V] - the double ^V will become a single one in the map;
when the `]' you typed is expanded, this ^V will
prevent the `]' in the map from being expanded too
(which would lead to a recursive macro)
^[ - end insert mode
% - go to the match of `]'
a ^H^[ - append a space, backspace to the point of insertion,
end append mode, i.e. nothing is appended; this
command sequence only serves to keep the cursor near
the matching `[' for a moment - you might want to
use a longer sequence
% - go to the match of the `[', i.e. the `]' you typed
a - re-enter append mode
Bug: if there's no match, the first `%' will fail, which will end the macro
expansion, i.e. the macro won't put you back into append mode.
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