GNU bug report logs - #32896
27.0.50; wishlist: Delete matching pairs

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Message #10 received at 32896-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 32896-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32896: 27.0.50; wishlist: Delete matching pairs
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2018 01:15:30 +0300

> It would be nice if Emacs had a command to remove matching pairs of
> things so that (with | representing point):
>
> (|let (message "%s" "foobar"))
>
> I could delete the parens around the let function. This should work for
> other pairs too:
>
> (let ((foobar "foobar")) (message "%s" "|foobar"))
>
> to delete the quotes around the second "foobar"
>
> I know there are 3rd-party packages that implement this but it seems
> like this should be included with Emacs since it's such a great tool for
> editing.

Fortunately, Emacs already has such a command named ‘delete-pair’:
it deletes the parens around the let function as in your first
example as well as the quotes in your second example.  It makes
sense to bind this command to e.g. ‘C-x M-(’ to be the inverse of
‘M-(’ (insert-pair)

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