dynamic-matching.kak

Intro

dynamic-matching is a plugin that attempts to provide a better pair selection for Kakoune (by default, the m key).

By default, Kakoune’s m key selects pairs by the following scheme:

0
{                 <-- 0/6
    1
    {             <-- 1
        2
        {         <-- 2/3
            3
        }
    }
    4
    {             <-- 4/5
        5
    }
    6
}
7

However, once you select a pair block, you cannot move easily to the next one; and you need to specify all of the matching pairs through an option that m read, even though you may only want to match a specific pair right now. Additionally, if you try to extend from a matching to a bigger matching (the current one would be nested), you get a wrong selection.

This plugin solves the issues providing four main functions to select/extend to the next/prev match.

Installation

You can add dynamic-matching.kak to your autoload directory or source it manually.

Using plug.kak

plug "useredsa/dynamic-matching.kak" %{
    ...
}

Recommended Mappings

I recommend substituting the functionality of the m and M keys with the new one.

You can try the default dmatch user mode configuration by executing dynamic-matching-dmatch-conf and declaring your preferred mappings.

plug "useredsa/dynamic-matching.kak" %{
    dynamic-matching-dmatch-conf
    map global normal m ': enter-user-mode dmatch<ret>'
    map global normal M ': enter-user-mode Dmatch<ret>'
    map global user   m ': enter-user-mode -lock dmatch<ret>' -docstring "dmatch"
}