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> Besides, a Lisp editor can optionally blur the parentheses so users don't mentally have to. How do I do that with spacemacs?
Try: === (package-install 'paren-face) (global-paren-face-mode 1) (custom-set-faces '(parenthesis ((t (:foreground "gray50")))))) === (edit: formatting)
In the user init file? I'm not an expert on spacemacs.