Automatic highlighting of matching braces for Visual Studio C++

Jochen Baier

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This add-in enables highlighting of matching braces next to the cursor for Visual Studio C++.

matchingbraces-0.3.zip
- matchingbraces-0.3
  - README.txt
  - readyplugin
    - matchingbraces.AddIn
    - MatchingBraces.dll
  - source
    - matchingbraces.sln
    - matchingbraces
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
      - bin
        
        Debug
        
        MatchingBraces.pdb
      - Connect.cs
      - matchingbraces.AddIn
      - matchingbraces.csproj
      - matchingbraces.csproj.user
      - Properties
matchingbraces-0.1.zip
- matchingbraces-0.1
  - README.txt
  - readyplugin
    - MatchingBraces.AddIn
    - MatchingBraces.dll
  - source
    - matchingbraces.sln
    - matchingbraces.suo
    - matchingbraces
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
      - bin
        
        Debug
      - Connect.cs
      - matchingbraces.AddIn
      - matchingbraces.csproj
      - matchingbraces.csproj.user
      - obj
        
        Debug
        
        Release
        
        TempPE
matchingbraces-0.2.zip
- matchingbraces-0.2
  - README.txt
  - readyplugin
    - matchingbraces.AddIn
    - MatchingBraces.dll
  - source
    - matchingbraces.sln
    - matchingbraces
      - AssemblyInfo.cs
      - bin
        
        Debug
      - Connect.cs
      - matchingbraces.AddIn
      - matchingbraces.csproj
      - matchingbraces.csproj.user
      - obj
        
        Debug
        
        matchingbraces.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
        
        Release
        
        TempPE
        
        Properties.Resources.Designer.cs.dll
      - Properties

MatchingBraces 0.2

Plugin for Visual Studio 2008/2005 C++ to enable automatic highlighting of matching braces.


VS C++ only highlights matching braces if written the first time. With this plugin
all matching braces on the left side of the cursor will be highlighted.


Usage:

- Put the cursor on the right side of a brace using the mouse or the keybaord.
- If the brace have a matching one both braces will be highlighted bold.
 

Install:

  Copy "MatchingBraces.dll" and "MatchingBraces.AddIn" from the "readyplugin" folder to 
  "C:\Users\Username\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Addins"
   

Copyright 2008, Jochen Baier, email@jochen-baier.de
License: GPL version 2

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