very cool... worked like a charm Gary, thank you for sharing!!

On Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 12:46:26 PM UTC-5 Gary Johnson wrote:

> On 2020-10-08, '[email protected]' via vim_use wrote:
> > 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?
>
> I think you're looking for the :normal command. See
>
> :help :normal
>
> Then you can put this in your script to move the cursor to the
> matching item:
>
> normal %
>
> Regards,
> Gary
>
>

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