[TxMt] toggling pairs as in VI

[chad gulley]

On May 25, 2008, at May 25, 2008  |  8:21 AM, Pete Becker wrote:

>
> On May 25, 2008, at 7:54 AM, Phil Schumm wrote:
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>> On May 25, 2008, at 12:11 AM, Peter Rossi wrote:
>>> I realize that textmate implements automatic pairing of delimiters  
>>> such as parentheses.  However, this does not prevent you from  
>>> removing one of the paired parentheses etc during the editing  
>>> process.  In vi, I would use "%" to toggle between open and close  
>>> delimiters to debug syntax.  I can't find a similar feature in  
>>> textmate.
>>
>>
>> Have you noticed that when you "pass over" the closing paren/brace/ 
>> bracket/quote, the opening one will blink?  By pass over, I mean  
>> either (1) typing the closing character TextMate has already  
>> inserted for you, or (2) using the arrow key to move right over the  
>> closing character.  If you don't get a blink, then the closing  
>> paren/brace/bracket/quote is unmatched.  This won't help you if the  
>> opening character is not on the screen, but works pretty well (IMO)  
>> for double-checking on your way out of a complex, nested expression.
>>
>
> Another handy trick is Shift-Command-B, which selects the text  
> between parens, etc. as well as the delimiters themselves. Repeating  
> it expands to the next level of delimiters, etc.
>
>  -- Pete
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> Roundhouse Consulting, Ltd.
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peter r,

i have recently begun using textmate over my beloved vim.  i have  
searched for the "%" equivalent for a while now.  i have found two  
things that get me close to what we are used to in vim.  as pete above  
mentioned, the Shift-Command-B is quite handy.  i have also found that  
Option-Down Arrow is useful.  i use it when i'm on the opening line of  
a large function or statment.  if you go to the beginning of the line,  
then hit Option-Down Arrow, it will take you to the first line after  
the function or statement.  i would love to see matching braces  
functionality in textmate, but i have found that these two methods can  
accomplish most of the same things.

chad