In Vi, navigate / jump to the brackets around the current block

Question

Supposing we have some code:

var f = function(a) {
  var g = {"b" : "c",
           "m" : "n" // cursor is here
           "d" : "e",
           "h" : {
             "i" : "j",
             "k": "l"
             },
           "m" : {
             "n" : {"o":"p"}
             }
           } // want to get to here
}

What would be the most economic command in vi to navigate / jump to the closing bracket for the current scope.

Bear in mind:

we can't use % because we're not already on the opening brace.
we can't use [{ beacause it's not unmatched
we could use /{ and n, but this is cumbersome and requires more thinking than should be necessary.

I'm using the fwd example because it's harder in the snippet given, but moving backward to the opening braces would also be useful. — Rene Wooller, Apr 29 '15 at 00:59

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '15 at 07:32

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?{ <ENTER> %
The first line of commands to go to the last opened {
Then % to find the matching brace

answered Jul 06 '15 at 07:32

menakas

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '15 at 00:59

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In Vim, you can use ya{ which copies the text inside the nearest {} to the clipboard, but also moves the cursor to the opening {. You can then use % to jump to the corresponding ending brace.

answered Apr 29 '15 at 00:59

Greg Hewgill

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this is good, thanks, but without a side effect would be optimal. – Rene Wooller Apr 29 '15 at 02:12

In Vi, navigate / jump to the brackets around the current block

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