[ale] vi question

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Thu Feb 25 07:36:01 EST 2010


Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 00:46, Pat Regan <thehead at patshead.com> wrote:
>> I think I agree that this is ridiculous.  I assumed it'd be doing
>> something sane like just highlighting the matching paren.  Having it
>> move the actual cursor would drive me nuts.
> 
> It doesn't move the actual cursor, it adds a second cursor image
> (blinking square) at the other end of the matching paren/brace...
> which then makes it difficult to determine which blinking square is
> the actual cursor.
> 
> -Jim P.

Thanks for the clarification Jim, my bad.

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Until later, Geoffrey

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