&gt; Editing with Parinfer or Lispy allows for structural manipulation, which is more usable and efficient IMO.<p>Are you sure you don&#x27;t mean <i>paredit</i> or Lispy?<p>I&#x27;m a paredit user myself, and while it&#x27;s very impressive and (obviously) the best mode for lisp ever, I recall it&#x27;s learning curve being somewhat steep.<p>I think the author mentioned this was a mode trying to create an easier learning curve for lisp novices, which in itself isn&#x27;t a bad goal.