Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> writes:

> PS is there a command to compact the ending parens?

Well, I tend to go to the last one and C-a C-\ <backspace>
repeatedly. Well in fact, it's usually
  C-x C-( C-a C-\ <backspace> C-x C-) C-x e e e e e .... e

Rupert