You can do exactly what you are describing (and more!) with ParEdit: http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ParEdit http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ParEdit http://www.vim.org/

You can do exactly what you are describing (and more!) with ParEdit: http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ParEdit http://emacswiki.org/emacs/ParEdit http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3998 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3998 It's really a killer feature when writing any Lisp. I would love to have something similar for C-style languages, but the more complicated syntax makes it harder.