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redshank

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Editorial note

I use paredit in vim already, but I guess I could give redshank a go.

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Quick take

Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of redshank gathered in one view.

noun

Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.

noun

Lady's thumb or redleg (Persicaria maculosa), an herb in the buckwheat family.

noun

Any of species Ceratodon purpureus of moss

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for redshank.

noun

Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.

noun

Lady's thumb or redleg (Persicaria maculosa), an herb in the buckwheat family.

noun

Any of species Ceratodon purpureus of moss

Example sentences

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I use paredit in vim already, but I guess I could give redshank a go.

2

I use redshank (hacked version for scheme) + quack.el + paredit.el for my main environment.

3

Thank you for mentioning redshank otherwise, it looks quite powerful.

4

Don't forget paredit, ac-slime, and redshank.

5

The combo of emacs, slime, ac-slime, paredit, redshank.

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I am a big Vim fan and promote its design for the most part, however with Lisp paredit and redshank covers text object movement, editing, and refactoring entirely so there is no benefit to using Evil-mode there once paredit and redshank is understood.

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Two thing that I found lacking for less-than-good hackers like me: - idiomatic (minor|major) mode organization (I found a book and a pdf which are old and might not represent the best way to do so) - at emacs conf, jwiegley showed some old and tiny extensions (edebug, redshank) part of his workflow.

Quote examples

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And with the "metacircular" (sorry for the sophisticated looking lingo) mindset, you can program how you interact with it (protorefactoring ala paredit/redshank etc).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use redshank in a sentence?

I use paredit in vim already, but I guess I could give redshank a go.

What does redshank mean?

Any of two species of Old World wading bird in the genus Tringa that have long red legs.

What part of speech is redshank?

redshank is commonly used as noun.