From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 30.12.2023 08:24, Eli the Bearded wrote:   
   > In comp.editors, Janis Papanagnou   wrote:   
   >> When editing HTML files with Vim I pondered about extending the   
   >> 'matchpairs' setting for editing convenience. The default is   
   >>   
   >>   matchpairs=(:),{:},[:]   
   >>   
   >> For the HTML editing purpose I temporarily change that to   
   >>   
   >>   matchpairs=(:),{:},[:],<:>   
   >>   
   >> I'd like to hear opinions about making that a fix change in the   
   >> configuration file. Or keep it an ad hoc change on demand? Could   
   >> there be any undesired side-effects I didn't think of when making   
   >> it persistent?   
   >   
   > You can use vim's auto commands to make that happen for only HTML files   
   > if you like.   
      
   Yes, I thought about making it file-type specific.   
      
   >   
   > autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.html set matchpairs=(:),{:},[:],<:>   
   >   
   > Personally I stick a bunch of Unicode pairs in there, too.   
   >   
   > https://qaz.wtf/qz/blosxom/2022/06/02/matchpairs   
      
   Interesting. And funny that the page exactly asks what I was looking   
   for. (BTW, thanks for the Unicode text file you linked on the page.   
   Very useful.)   
      
   >   
   > I keep showmatch turned off, so I don't know if the worst case is worse,   
   > but, daily drive over a year, no issues with manual % matching.   
      
   Good to know. Exactly the experience feedback I hoped for. Thanks.   
      
   I think I'll even try to make it persistent and see how it evolves.   
      
   Janis   
      
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