symex.el

An intuitive way to edit Lisp symbolic expressions ("symexes") structurally in Emacs (by drym-org)

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  • Sapling: A highly experimental vi-inspired editor where you edit code, not text
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Feb 2024
    I also recommend symex[1]. Although it is more “locked-in” to s-expressions than other solutions (which takes some getting used to at first), I find that for me this is exactly what makes movement feel much more intuitive and editing much more precise.

    The one thing I don’t like is that symex depends on so many other plugins (especially Evil, which I am trying to swap out with the more lightweight meow), but this will apparently change soon. They are also working towards support for non-Lisp languages via tree-sitter, but I don’t know how well it works.

    [1]: https://github.com/drym-org/symex.el

  • We've launched Attribution Based Economics
    1 project | /r/emacs | 10 May 2023
    The pilot projects (including Symex.el) are accepting financial contributions and will distribute them to sources of value including contributors and antecedent projects in a process that we all have a say in.
  • Tree-sitter starter guide
    7 projects | /r/emacs | 17 Jan 2023
    This is a really useful synopsis. symex has recently had TS support merged in, and apparently includes navigation and structural editing similar to its lisp-like language capabilities. I think it's still early going and I haven't tested, but may be worth a look.
  • Learn Lisp the Hard Way
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Jan 2023
  • What modal sexp editing mode should I switch to?
    6 projects | /r/emacs | 10 Jan 2023
    Has anyone used symex.el without evil? I just learned it can be use with vanilla emacs (despite the 2nd word in its tagline). I also learned they have a tree-sitter branch which will expand its powers to many languages.
  • Advice on config hacking / yak shaving / bikeshedding
    7 projects | /r/emacs | 23 Dec 2022
    I started out using evil, but now I mostly use Symex. (Structural editing. non-lisps support wip for those sad moments you can't use lisp). For now depends on evil, but could be separated.
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    2 projects | /r/emacs | 21 Dec 2022
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  • symex.el: An evil way to edit Lisp symbolic expressions ("symexes") as trees in Emacs
    1 project | /r/planetemacs | 19 Dec 2022
  • paredit based on treesitter
    3 projects | /r/emacs | 30 Nov 2022
    symex has a branch that’s been working on integrating with tree-sitter.
  • Paredit 25 Released
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Nov 2022
    If you want to go nuts with structural editing you may also want to check out symex mode: https://github.com/drym-org/symex.el

    It uses paredit (among others) for its low level functionality, but the vim-style modal interface allows you to manipulate the tree structure with single keystrokes in a precise and very expressive way. Keep in mind that you have to actively learn how to use it and it will feel awkward at first (similar to how vim feels for beginners), but I find the editing experience very pleasent and smooth after I got used to it.

    Another thing I really like about it is that you can still switch to normal mode and it doesn’t get in your way like other plugins where I had to change my keybindings all the time because the amount of convenient shortcuts is still quite limited in the end. This modal switching to different editing contexts (or languages?) is something I feel should be explored much further.

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