On 20 June 2013 04:11, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > I use vi/vim and it both shows the matching bracket when the cursor > is on one and also have a keystroke to bounce the curser between > this bracket and the matching one. > > If you suspect you failed to close a bracket, one approach is to > go _below_ the syntax error (or right on it) and type a closing > bracket. Then see where the editor thinks the opening one is.
I use this technique sometimes and it works if the unclosed bracket is still in view. If you use vim then you can do [( i.e. type '[' followed by '(' in normal mode. It will jump backwards to the first unmatched opening bracket. Use ]) to find the next unmatched closing bracket. You can also do [{ and ]} for curly brackets. I'm not sure how to do square brackets - [[ and ]] are used for navigating between functions. Oscar -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list