Can I change VIM's auto bracket-matching?

Question

In VIM when I type a left bracket a matching right bracket is automatically added, which is fine. But if I have a line like the following:

thisVar = count(blue*(red+green)  -  orange + (1*3);

and I want to add a right bracket after (red+green) I have trouble. If I type a right-bracket VIM skips me ahead to the next right-bracket on the line. The only way I can add the right bracket seems to be to add a carriage return to split the statement over two lines, add the bracket, and then put it back:

  thisVar = count(blue*(red+green))
  -  orange + (1*3);

then

  thisVar = count(blue*(red+green))  -  orange + (1*3);

What configuration setting needs to change to stop VIM from jumping ahead to the next right bracket?

Answer 1

Vim does not behave that way by itself. You must be using some plugin that does that. Executing the following command should show you which plugin has mapped the (.

:verbose imap (

The documentation for that plugin may tell you how to control that behavior, or you can disable the use of that plugin altogether. Where you find the documentation and how you control it depends on the plugin. You may find documentation by executing

:help <plugin name>

or by simply opening the plugin file, where the file name was given by the :verbose command above.

Answer 2

To added the right bracket at any position you want it to be, switch to insert mode first, by pressing i.

If vim is not in insert mode, pressing ) do move the cursor to the next right bracket.

Use Esc to exist insert mode.

PS: If the above is not the case, please post ~/.vimrc and /etc/vim/vimrc into your question.