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How good is it? I've never used it and I'm genuinely curious.

• m1el 10y ago
  It depends on your requirements. ParEdit limits you to only perform AST transformations, which could be very good if you edit s-expressions or explicitly tree-like structures. If I was working on lisp-like languages, I would definitely use it. But ParEdit didn't stick to me, even after a few attempts. I didn't like the key bindings, and I think that the interface is too complex for me.
• torrent-of-ions 10y ago
  It's definitely written with the intent of using it to edit Lisp code, and for that it is great. It is now hard for me to imagine writing Lisp by editing S-expressions directly.
• TeMPOraL 10y ago
  Pretty good, it almost make you feel you're working on trees and not text. Takes a few moments to get used to. I recommend what I did: take a bunch of Lisp code, strip it out of parenthesis (M-x replace-string, replace ( and ) with empty strings), and then use Paredit commands to restore the original tree structure. I spent less than an hour simply doing this exercise again and again, and it was enough to become a proficient user.
  • kovek 10y ago
    Good exercise. Thank you! Also, there are alternatives. What do you think about them?
    • TeMPOraL 10y ago
      Don't know of any (could you name them?), so I don't have any opinion.
• mej10 10y ago
  It is amazing for working with Lisps. I use it for Clojure and it is great -- highly recommend to anyone using a Lisp to learn it. Though you'll miss having it in other languages. Not sure what it is like for other tree structures.