Add parentheses to the current line

Antoine Snyers

6 years ago

Map commands for wrapping regions of the current line in parentheses

example usage on this line:

the quick brown fox

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hit (( with the cursor anywhere on this line

(the quick brown fox)

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hit )) with the cursor on b

the quick (brown fox)

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hit () with the cursor on k

(the quick) brown fox

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" wrap the current line in (), e.g:
nnoremap (( mMI(<esc>A)<esc>`M

" wrap the rest of the line in ()
nnoremap )) mMi(<esc>A)<esc>`M

" wrap the line so far in ()
nnoremap () mMI(<esc>`Mla)<esc>