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6recommend
0warn against
Nov 17, 2025first mention
Jun 3, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
Used forstructural lisp editingediting lisp/clojure parenthesesstructural editing of lisp

Why people recommend it

pgtJun 3, 2026recommends

“Paredit / Parinfer ruined other languages for me.”

“fyi I use paredit and just hit ) and it moves me past any kind of paren/bracket.”

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“You also need to learn a new tool to write lisp, like paredit.”

“I reeaally miss slurp! and other paredit commands”

“something more powerful like Paredit”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

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pgtJun 3, 2026recommends

“Paredit / Parinfer ruined other languages for me.”

“fyi I use paredit and just hit ) and it moves me past any kind of paren/bracket.”

“You also need to learn a new tool to write lisp, like paredit.”

“I reeaally miss slurp! and other paredit commands”

“something more powerful like Paredit”

“It also helps that Emacs with Paredit makes editing s-expressions flow.”

Threads where it came up

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