Autocomplete parentheses in SLIME

Question

I'm learning Common Lisp using SLIME. Is there a way to autocomplete parentheses so that when I type an open paren, a closed one is automatically added? I'm more of a vim guy, so in mv ~/.vimrc I have:

inoremap ( ()< Left >

So when I type an open paren, vim automatically adds the closed paren and puts my cursor in between the parens. Is there a way to do this with SLIME?

Answer 1

If you're working with CL or other lisps, I can recommend to install & use the paredit - it helps a lot to write & manipulate s-expressions

Answer 2

If you have Emacs 24 you can use built-in electric-pair-mode. You can activate it at request with M-x electric-pair-mode, or turn it on by default putting

(electric-pair-mode +1)

in your .emacs.

Answer 3

I think this is equivalent of what's in your .vimrc.

(global-set-key "(" (lambda () (interactive) (insert "()") (backward-char 1)))

But we like more features in Emacs. Once you try paredit for writing lisp, you'll never go back.