On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:42 AM, David Brunell <quantal...@gmail.com> wrote: > How long did it take you to get comfortable with paredit? I keep getting > frustrated and going back to manually matching parens.
I had the same experience for a while, but then I realized I just had to remember 3 things: To enclose an existing sexp inside a new one---in other words, if I have (map...) and I want (doall (map...))---put the cursor on the opening paren of the existing sexp and type M-( and it automatically wraps the whole sexp in parens, correctly balanced. To pull an existing sexp out of its enclosing sexp---i.e. to turn (doall (map ...)) back into (map...)---put the cursor on the opening paren of the inner sexp and type M-uparrow. Use with caution, because it nukes anything else in the same enclosing sexp, but that's not too bad because: If you put the cursor on the opening paren and then hit C-k, it cuts out exactly that sexp (and its contents) but no more, keeping the parens perfectly balanced. That last trick is what made paredit a must-have for me, because I do a lot of cut and paste, and paredit makes it a piece of cake. You don't have to worry about selecting the beginning and ending parens, just put the cursor on the open paren and hit C-k, and it cuts exactly as much as it needs to grab a balanced sexp, even across multiple lines, leaving any other close-parens untouched. It's awesome. I think paredit does other stuff too, but those three things get me through the day. Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
