Please help me find a way to move to the matching char pair from within a :source'd script... Something like the Command mode move to matching paren/brace/bracket/angles... using the '%' key... but from the :source'd script...
Tim Chase mentions in another article (reference below) using % to move to the matching in normal mode. The CTRL-O in insert mode was interesting as well... I'm trying to use a "move to matching" inside a :source'd script. Is there a way to still move to matching brace after finding the start brace inside the :source'd script? more info.... I tried a line with a single percent '%' and it moves the cursor to the end of the file. So I always got from the starting point to the end of the file and not the matching brace. After reading Tim's response, I also tried something like this after finding the starting brace. Here I am typing out the characters representing the characters i, CTRL-o, %, escape key, where CTRL-o and escape were entered using the escaping key mech of CTRL-V (linux): i^O%^[ thanks for looking and thanks in advance for the help... newbie... Jim ================================= From: https://groups.google.com/g/vim_use/c/PK4JmlsmoI8/m/hlerEqNqF8oJ Subject: How to move cursor in insert mode? Credit: Tim Chase Some gross movements (such as by word or screen) can be done in insert-mode as well (control+left/right, home/end, pgup/dn) though some may be limited to gvim. For some of the other vim-specific movements, you can also use *control+o* ("oh", not "zero") to temporarily enter normal mode to issue one normal-mode command such as* "%" *to move to the matching paren/brace/bracket or ")" to move to the next sentence. All your typical motions should work here. :help i_CTRL-O :help motion.txt -tim -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/ef3b8e01-72fe-494f-b1ef-b1a9494f880bn%40googlegroups.com.
