command help : matching braces

command help : matching braces

[Ambardekar, Shailesh]

In gnu emacs 20.3.1 under Sun Solaris 2.6,
what is the emacs command for going to the matching brace ?
( looking for emacs equivalent of % vi command ).

Thanks in advance.

Shailesh


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Re: command help : matching braces

[Chuck Siska]

shailesh --

depends on which way you're going.  from on or just before
the "{", type C-M-f.  from just after the "}", type C-M-b.
these same commands also work for "(", ")", and "[", "]".
oh, note that you can't do this for braces in a lisp-mode
buffer.  the reason for all this is that these commands
work for whatever is considered matching delimiters in the
major mode of the buffer.  hope this helps.

-- chuck

"Ambardekar, Shailesh" wrote:
> 
> In gnu emacs 20.3.1 under Sun Solaris 2.6,
> what is the emacs command for going to the matching brace ?
> ( looking for emacs equivalent of % vi command ).
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Shailesh

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Re: command help : matching braces

[Gurucharan]

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Hello Ambardekar,

> In gnu emacs 20.3.1 under Sun Solaris 2.6,
> what is the emacs command for going to the matching brace ?
> ( looking for emacs equivalent of % vi command ).

It is by holding the CTRL and ALT keys and then using the
"F" key to do a front brace matching or "B" key for back brace
matching.

Hope this works.

Warm Regards,
             gurucharan

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Re: command help : matching braces

[Fernando Dobladez]

If you miss VI's % too much, you'd probably like to include the 
following in your .emacs:

(defun match-paren (arg)
  "Go to the matching parenthesis if on parenthesis, otherwise insert %. 
(Like in VI editor)"
  (interactive "p")
  (cond ((looking-at "\\s\(") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
    ((looking-at "\\s\)") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
    (t (self-insert-command (or arg 1)))))

(global-set-key "%"                  'match-paren)


That will make the '%' go to the matching brace if the cursor is on a 
brace, and it will insert "%" otherwise.

Fernando.


Ambardekar, Shailesh wrote:

>In gnu emacs 20.3.1 under Sun Solaris 2.6,
>what is the emacs command for going to the matching brace ?
>( looking for emacs equivalent of % vi command ).
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Shailesh
>
>

Re: command help : matching braces

[Matthew O. Smith]

Hi,

I added curly brace matching as well.
Thanks.

(defun match-paren (arg)
  "Go to the matching parenthesis if on parenthesis, otherwise insert %.
(Like in VI editor).  Thanks Fernando Dobladez <ferd@fuego.com>"
  (interactive "p")
  (cond
   ((looking-at "\\s\(") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
   ((looking-at "\\s\)") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
   ((looking-at "\\s\{") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
   ((looking-at "\\s\}") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
   (t (self-insert-command (or arg 1)))))


----- Original Message -----
From: "Fernando Dobladez" <ferd@fuego.com>
To: "Ambardekar, Shailesh" <Shailesh.Ambardekar@corp.vizzavi.net>
Cc: <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: command help : matching braces


> If you miss VI's % too much, you'd probably like to include the
> following in your .emacs:
>
> (defun match-paren (arg)
>   "Go to the matching parenthesis if on parenthesis, otherwise insert %.
> (Like in VI editor)"
>   (interactive "p")
>   (cond ((looking-at "\\s\(") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
>     ((looking-at "\\s\)") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
>     (t (self-insert-command (or arg 1)))))
>
> (global-set-key "%"                  'match-paren)
>
>
> That will make the '%' go to the matching brace if the cursor is on a
> brace, and it will insert "%" otherwise.
>
> Fernando.
>
>
> Ambardekar, Shailesh wrote:
>
> >In gnu emacs 20.3.1 under Sun Solaris 2.6,
> >what is the emacs command for going to the matching brace ?
> >( looking for emacs equivalent of % vi command ).
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Shailesh
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Re: command help : matching braces

[Fernando Dobladez]

It shouldn't be necessary. Actually the special \s( and \s) in a regular 
expresion matches any opening/closing "parenthesis" (generic meaning) 
character. This meaning depends on the current mode. From the elisp 
manual: "In English text, and in C code, the parenthesis pairs are 
`()',     `[]', and `{}'.  In Emacs Lisp, the delimiters for lists and 
vectors (`()' and `[]') are classified as parenthesis characters."

Fernando.


Matthew O. Smith wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I added curly brace matching as well.
>Thanks.
>
>(defun match-paren (arg)
>  "Go to the matching parenthesis if on parenthesis, otherwise insert %.
>(Like in VI editor).  Thanks Fernando Dobladez <ferd@fuego.com>"
>  (interactive "p")
>  (cond
>   ((looking-at "\\s\(") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
>   ((looking-at "\\s\)") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
>   ((looking-at "\\s\{") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
>   ((looking-at "\\s\}") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
>   (t (self-insert-command (or arg 1)))))
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Fernando Dobladez" <ferd@fuego.com>
>To: "Ambardekar, Shailesh" <Shailesh.Ambardekar@corp.vizzavi.net>
>Cc: <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 11:07 AM
>Subject: Re: command help : matching braces
>
>
>>If you miss VI's % too much, you'd probably like to include the
>>following in your .emacs:
>>
>>(defun match-paren (arg)
>>  "Go to the matching parenthesis if on parenthesis, otherwise insert %.
>>(Like in VI editor)"
>>  (interactive "p")
>>  (cond ((looking-at "\\s\(") (forward-list 1) (backward-char 1))
>>    ((looking-at "\\s\)") (forward-char 1) (backward-list 1))
>>    (t (self-insert-command (or arg 1)))))
>>
>>(global-set-key "%"                  'match-paren)
>>
>>
>>That will make the '%' go to the matching brace if the cursor is on a
>>brace, and it will insert "%" otherwise.
>>
>>Fernando.
>>
>>
>>Ambardekar, Shailesh wrote:
>>
>>>In gnu emacs 20.3.1 under Sun Solaris 2.6,
>>>what is the emacs command for going to the matching brace ?
>>>( looking for emacs equivalent of % vi command ).
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Shailesh
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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