[OS X Emacs] delete parantheses pair

[Marinos K]

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I though afterwards of storing point position in a register,

but this is also crude I guess

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On 09/02/2011 7:40 ?.?., David Rogoff wrote:
> 
>>
>> I want to code a function or a macro that would delete a pair of
>> delimiters (but not what is inside) and optionally the adjoined word
>>
>> so this
>>
>> { abcdefgh }.sth
>>
>> would become
>>
>> abcdefgh
>>
>> but as soon as I delete one of the delimiters I cannot move to the other
>> as it is no longer balanced.. how can I do this ?
>>
>> maybe there is already sth similar implemented ??
>>
> Really crude solution from a semi-elisp-literate user: 
> 1) search for the opening delimiter
> 2) insert some unique character string there (e.g. ZYZYZY)
> 3) go to the closing delimiter and delete it
> 4) back search for the ZYZYZY string and delete it and the following
> character, which should be the opening delimiter
> 
> 
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