Emacs and Lisp
Created: Mar 22 2025, 18:20 UTC
Last modified: Mar 22 2025, 18:20 UTC
You would expect Emacs to have good support for editing Lisp based languages since Emacs is configured with elisp
Good reference here:
https://kimi.im/2021-11-27-sexp-operations-in-emacs
Navigation
| Key | Map | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C-M-d | down-list | Move forward down one level of parentheses. |
| C-M-u | backward-up-list | Move backward out of one level of parentheses. |
| C-M-f | forward-sexp | Move forward across one balanced expression (sexp). |
| C-M-b | backward-sexp | Move backward across one balanced expression (sexp). |
| C-M-n | forward-list | Move forward across one balanced group of parentheses. |
| C-M-p | backward-list | Move backward across one balanced group of parentheses. |
| C-M-a | beginning-of-defun | Move backward to the beginning of a defun. |
| C-M-e | end-of-defun | Move forward to next end of defun. |
Kill and Yank
| Key | Map | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C-M-k | kill-sexp | Kill the sexp (balanced expression) following point. |
| M-k | sp-kill-sexp | Kill the balanced expression following point. |
| C-k | sp-kill-hybrid-sexp | Kill a line as if with ‘kill-line’, but respecting delimiters. |
| ESC C-<backspace> | backward-kill-sexp | Kill the sexp (balanced expression) preceding point. |
| sp-backward-kill-sexp | Kill the balanced expression preceding point. | |
| C-M-<backspace> | sp-backward-copy-sexp | Copy the previous ARG expressions to the kill-ring. |
| C-M-w | sp-copy-sexp | Copy the following ARG expressions to the kill-ring. |
Wrap and Unwrap
| Key | Map | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sp-wrap-arround | Wrap region with () | |
| sp-wrap-curly | Wrap region with {} | |
| sp-wrap-square | Wrap region with [] | |
| sp-unwrap-sexp | remove parenthesis of next expression | |
| sp-backward-unwrap-sexp | Remove parenthesis of previous expression |