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How to disable automatic "match parenthesis" in command line?


From: John W. Eaton
Subject: How to disable automatic "match parenthesis" in command line?
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:46:25 -0400

On 16-Jun-2009, Atreyu wrote:

| I haven't run octave for months, and this morning I started, and the first
| thing I noticed was that cursors dance back and forth whenever I close a
| parenthesis.
| 
| (I must have upgraded something... but I just don't remember what.  FYI, I'm
| running a company-customized version of Ubuntu Hardy.)
| 
| I know some people appreciate it, but this "automatic match parenthesis"
| thing annoys the hell out of me.  How can I disable this?  Thanks!

This behavior is nothing new and is a readline feature.

Try putting

  set blink-matching-paren off

in your ~/.inputrc file.

jwe


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