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

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 6:07 PM, Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
>>
>> > João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com> writes:
>> >
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > It is true that paredit is irritating sometimes, but very convenient
>> > otherwise.
>> >
>> > For the benefit of those who don't know it, let's put a simple example.
>> > Suppose that you have:
>> >
>> > (foo)
>> > (bar)
>> >
>> > but now you wish to wrap those function calls inside a conditional. So
>> > you write:
>> >
>> > (when something
>> > (foo)
>> > (bar))
>> >
>> > Which requires moving the cursor through several lines just to add a
>> > parenthesis.
>> >
>> > With paredit, you write
>> >
>> > (when something_)
>> > (foo)
>> > (bar)
>>
>> I typically write "M-2 (when...", which wraps automatically. Unless I'm
>> wrapping some huge chunk where it isn't obvious how many sexps should be
>> wrapped.
>>
>
> Nice tip, but you mean M-2 M-( w h e n , right? (of course you get to hold
> the M).

No, seems to work fine for me with just the plain parenthesis (to be
clear, I'm still talking about paredit-mode, where left parenthesis is
`paredit-open-round'.