vim highlight (color) parentheses
I have tried to put the following in my .vimrc file:
syn match parens /[(){}]/
hi parens ctermfg=red
to permanently color brackets, parentheses, braces etc, however it doesnt work. If I do it inline inside vim it does work.
Any ideas why?
Thanks
Solution 1:
Because all syntax highlighting is local to the buffer that is active when the syntax items are defined. Try something like this:
autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile * syn match parens /[(){}]/ | hi parens ctermfg=red
Solution 2:
Rainbow Parenthesis Highlight matching parens in a rainbow of colors