With emacs, how to go to the pairing (balancing) parentheses

Solution 1:

Use C-M-right and C-M-left (respectively backward-sexp and forward-sexp) to go to the beginning or the end of the current expression. This works for parenthesis pairs but also for plain words.

Solution 2:

As mentioned in emacs wiki (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/NavigatingParentheses):

• C-M-n forward-list Move forward over a parenthetical group

• C-M-p backward-list Move backward over a parenthetical group

• C-M-f forward-sexp Move forward over a balanced expression

• C-M-b backward-sexp Move backward over a balanced expression

• C-M-k kill-sexp Kill balanced expression forward

• C-M-SPC mark-sexp Put the mark at the end of the sexp.

https://superuser.com/questions/677516/how-do-i-jump-to-the-opening-or-closing-paren-brace-in-emacs

Solution 3:

For parentheses, braces and brackets just double clicking on them does the trick.