This is a mirror of http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1838

VIM is an excellent editor but in comparison too e.g. emacs it lacks a minor feature that makes editing lisp code somewhat cumbersome. While VIM can highlight the matching parenthesis, this doesn't help much with long functions when the matching parenthesis is off the screen. Emacs users are better off in such a situation, since emace displays the matching line in the echo area.

This plugin tries to mimic Emacs's behaviour. Whenever the cursor is placed over a parenthesis or an element of a pair the matching element is displayed in the echo area. If 'cmdheight' is set to a value greater than 1, additional context lines are displayed, too.

In order to enable this plugin, you choose between the following
options: TEchoPairInstallBuffer ... enable for the current buffer

call TEchoPairInstall('*') ... enable globally

let g:tEchoPairInstall = ['lisp', 'scheme'] ... enable for certain 
  filetypes

Currently, there are the following display modes: indicate ... Display the whole line and highlight the matching parenthesis. If 'cmdheight' is greater than 1, additional lines are display.

inner ... Display the inner text Emacs-style.

In order to see the matching parenthesis when 'showmode' is on, set 'cmdheight' to something greater than 1.

You can select the preferred display mode on a filetype basis, by setting g:tEchoPairStyle_{STYLE}.

Example: let g:tEchoPairStyle_inner = ['lisp', 'scheme'] let g:tEchoPairStyle_indicate = ['java']

The pairs are usually deduced from the value of 'matchpairs' unless there is an entry for the current buffer's filetype in g:tEchoPairs. For the following filetypes custom pairs are pre-defined:

• ruby
• vim

BUT: It actually only works for lisp-like languages.