doorboy.vim is a smart plugin that serves you around brackets((){}[]) and quotations('`").

Add this to your .vimrc file.

Plug 'itmammoth/doorboy.vim'

Then, :PlugInstall

Add this to your .vimrc file.

call dein#add('itmammoth/doorboy.vim')

Then, :call dein#install()

Plugin 'itmammoth/doorboy.vim'

... and many other plugin managers.

(| represents the cursor position)

Type: (
Then: (|)

Type: "
Then: "|"

Auto closing brackets and quotations works properly in the cursor context.

When: 'string|'
Type: '
Then: 'string'|

When: {|}
Type: <Space>
Then: { | }

When: { | }
Type: <BS>
Then: {|}
Type: <BS>
Then: |

When: {|}
Type: <CR>
Then: {
        |
      }

doorboy.vim automatically provides some key-mappings to you.

• " ' `
• | / on filetype ruby
• / on filetype javascript and perl

• ( { [
• ) } ]

• <BS>
• <Space>
• <CR>

doorboy.vim NEVER overwrites the mapping with <BS>,<Space> and <CR> if these keys are already taken, so in such a case, you need to add the preferred mappings to your .vimrc file.

Available mapping functions are

• doorboy#map_backspace
• doorboy#map_space
• doorboy#map_cr

For instance (to go with neocomplete + endwise)

" inoremap <expr> <CR> (pumvisible() ? "\<C-y>" : "" ) . "\<CR>"
inoremap <CR> <Plug>MyCR
inoremap <expr> <Plug>MyCR (pumvisible() ? "\<C-y>" : "" ) . doorboy#map_cr()

" inoremap <expr><BS> neocomplete#smart_close_popup()."\<BS>"
inoremap <expr><BS> neocomplete#smart_close_popup().doorboy#map_backspace()

In the doorboy definition, quotation means one character that opens a specific literal and closes it as well.

You can add quotations with letting g:doorboy_additional_quotations variable.

"
" g:doorboy_additional_quotations must be a dictionary,
" and which has filetypes as its keys and quotations as its values.
" (filetype '*' means any filetypes.)
"
let g:doorboy_additional_quotations = {
  \ '*': ['@'],
  \ 'coffee': ['/']
  \ }

If you find your customizing useful for all vimmers, please just send me a pull request. Thanks.

You can keep some quotations from being mapped by doorboy with letting g:doorboy_nomap_quotations variable.

let g:doorboy_nomap_quotations = {
  \ 'javascript': ['/']
  \ }

You can add brackets with letting g:doorboy_additional_brackets variable.

let g:doorboy_additional_brackets = {
  \ 'html': ['<>']
  \ }

You can keep some brackets from being mapped by doorboy with letting g:doorboy_nomap_brackets variable.

let g:doorboy_nomap_brackets = {
  \ 'vim': ['{}']
  \ }

Fork it, then run the commands below for vim-flavored testing.

$ bundle install
$ git clone https://github.com/slim-template/vim-slim.git vim-slim
$ rake test

(The slim ftplugin in dooboy requires vim-slim, so you need to git-clone it in your workspace.)

blankslate.vimrc is an essential vim script file for manual testing.

$ vim -u blankslate.vimrc

Now you can try vim plugged in doorboy.vim

MIT License.