paul

{
.........
    { //1
     ............
    } //end 1

    { //2
     .........
    } //end 2
}

What I'm looking for is a way to jump from //1 to //2 etc.  Doing mainly C# these days [[ ]] gives me the brackets for the namespaces but if I could specify a column I could jump to the depth I need whether it be moving from class to class or function to function. Let me know if that helps. Thanks.

paul

There is support in vim's regular expressions for a specific column #:

  /\%4c{

would only match an opening brace at column 4. But ViEmu's regular expression engine doesn't (yet) support it. On the other hand, I think it's not comfortable.

I think something different is necessary for what you are asking. I'd be willing to implement something along the line, accessible as g} and g{ for example, but I'd need a good definition of what is needed.

My guess is that you have something like this:

...
{
  ...
  { //1
    ...
    ...
    {
      ...
    }
    ...
  } //end 1
  ...
  { //2
    ...
    ...
    {
      ...
    }
    ...
  } //end 2
}
...

And you want to move along the 1's and 2's... am I right? g{ and g} may accept a count of how many indent levels or spaces to look for, but I'm not sure that's what you need. Can you come up with a pattern so that it will be reasonably simple to find?

Hi Paul,

The column-0 behavior is implemented the same as in vi and vim. [[ and ]] in vi and vim, actually, understand other interpretations of a 'section', such that they look for certain patterns of parentheses in lisp source, and also understand form-feed characters. That behavior is not implemented in ViEmu (yet).

One option you might have overlooked are  the [{ and ]} motions, implemented in ViEmu, which move to the previous/next unmatched open/close brace. It's not exactly what you are looking for, but it may help.

If anyone else knows about a quick way to do what you want in vi/vim, I'll be happy to learn about it and make sure ViEmu supports it.

Can I specify a column number when searching? For example if I could do /{ but limit it to only look in a certain column number I could jump from function to function. Wasn't sure if that is something I could do. Thanks

paul

paul

The column-0 behavior is implemented the same as in vi and vim. [[ and ]] in vi and vim, actually, understand other interpretations of a 'section', such that they look for certain patterns of parentheses in lisp source, and also understand form-feed characters. That behavior is not implemented in ViEmu (yet).

One option you might have overlooked are  the [{ and ]} motions, implemented in ViEmu, which move to the previous/next unmatched open/close brace. It's not exactly what you are looking for, but it may help.

If anyone else knows about a quick way to do what you want in vi/vim, I'll be happy to learn about it and make sure ViEmu supports it.

paul