more syntax-aware navigation in vim

Question

I have a good amount of code which looks like this:

rule requestIntHoleTemplate {                                            
    constr:HoleCall;
    y:PrimitiveIntRange;
    :IntRangeHole(constr, y);                                            

    modify {
        emit("Request template IntRangeHole\n");                         
    }                                                                    
}

I'd like to skip over the entire block in vim, not just to the next empty line as } does. I can accomplish it with $%, but that wouldn't work if I'm on an empty line preceding the block. I suppose I could alias }{j$%j. Are there other navigation commands I'm missing?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can use ]] and friends, but they only work if the opening brace is on its own line.

]] next beginning of block
[[ previous beginning of block
][ next end of block
[] previous end of block