Intro

This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=39

The matchit.vim script allows you to configure % to match more than just single characters. You can match words and even regular expressions. Also, matching treats strings and comments (as recognized by the syntax highlighting mechanism) intelligently.

The default ftplugins include settings for several languages: Ada, ASP with VBS, Csh, DTD, Essbase, Fortran, HTML, JSP (same as HTML), LaTeX, Lua, Pascal, SGML, Shell, Tcsh, Vim, XML. (I no longer keep track, so there may be others.)

For more details, try :help matchit in Vim. The help documentation explains how to configure the script for a new language and how to modify the defaults.

NOTE: Since vim 6.0, matchit.vim has been included in the standard vim distribution, under the macros/ directory;

The version here may be more recent, and easy for user to download and manage by plugin-managers

Requirements

• Vim 6.0 or higher.

Installation

This plugin follows the standard runtime path structure, and as such it can be installed with a variety of plugin managers:

To install using Vundle:

# add this line to your .vimrc file
Bundle 'exvim/ex-matchit'

To install using Pathogen:

cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/exvim/ex-matchit

To install using NeoBundle:

# add this line to your .vimrc file
NeoBundle 'exvim/ex-matchit'

Download zip file:

cd ~/.vim
unzip ex-matchit-master.zip
copy all of the files into your ~/.vim directory