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Re: on adding a function call to a s-exp


From: João Távora
Subject: Re: on adding a function call to a s-exp
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:26:42 +0100

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 5:17 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:

> > electric-pair-mode offers a tiny fraction of the features of paredit.
> > The later takes some time to learn, but in my experience the effort
> > pays off if you work with lispy languages.
>
> FWIW (he ducks), I work with a Lispy language, Elisp ;-).  And I
> don't use any "structured-editing" feature (crutch / ball-&-chain)
> such as `paredit' or `electric-pair-mode'.  I'm non-electric all
> the way.
>

That's very reasonable too. Emacs already has great sexp-manipulating
commands (electric-pair-mode uses them). So, if you're disciplined to
use them, you don't need either package (though I still think e-p-m is
good when you momentarily lose your sexp-fu).

João Távora


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