Re: Command mode move to matching paren/brace/bracket/angles... like '%'

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, 'jjlu...@yahoo.com' 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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