How do I get vim to highlight matching parenthesis

[Aman Jain]

Hi

When I browse code, I need to see opening and closing parenthesis/
brackets, and pressing "%" seems unproductive.

I tried :set showmatch, but it makes the cursor jump back and forth
when you type in a bracket.
But what to do if I am browsing already written code.

Thanks
Aman Jain
India

[Tony Mechelynck]

The matchparen plugin (see ":help matchparen") normally works when the
cursor is on a ( [ { } ] or ) to show you its mate (if it's on-screen,
of course) in a distinctive colour. If you earlier disabled it, you can
reenable it by removing the line ":let loaded_matchparen = 1" from your
vimrc.

Best regards,
Tony.
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