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kagevf 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The evolution of a structural code editor

With built-in emacs functionality you can do:

1. Place the cursor on the left parenthesis of the form (same as you wrote)

2. C-M-Space to select the form.

3. M-( to surrond with parenthesis.

4. type "if flag" (same as you wrote for #3)

One extra step, but no need for a plugin.

Also, I added a simple "insert-quotes" that I think I mostly copy-pasted from the built-in "insert-parentheses":

  (defun insert-quotes (&optional arg)
    (interactive "P")
    (insert-pair arg ?\" ?\"))

So I can replace my #3 above to wrap something with quotes instead of parentheses.

_19qg 5 months ago [–]

> So I can replace my #3 above to wrap something with quotes instead of parentheses.

That's M-" .

kagevf 5 months ago | [–]

Interesting, I did not know that! But, the one I wrote mimics how insert-parentheses works, so I will probably stick to my version.

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