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From: wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: vi and emacs
Summary: vi has scope checking
Keywords: vi emacs
Message-ID: <29143@neptune.inf.ethz.ch>
Date: 3 Jun 91 13:18:40 GMT
References: <1991Jun1.021505.4043@trl.oz.au>
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Reply-To: wyle@inf.ethz.ch (Mitchell Wyle)
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In <1991Jun1.021505.4043@trl.oz.au> 
soh@andromeda.trl.OZ.AU (kam hung soh) writes:

>2. emacs is best for large editing jobs.  It has the appropriate checks
>for scope symbols ( { and }, \begin and \end, etc.) and plenty of
>editing functions.

Check out the vi % command.  It checks the scope of braces, parenthesis,
etc.