Install this version:
emerge -a =app-emacs/paredit-26-r2
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-emacs/paredit-26-r2
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-emacs/paredit-26-r2
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=9
inherit elisp readme.gentoo-r1
DESCRIPTION="Minor mode for performing structured editing of S-expressions"
HOMEPAGE="https://paredit.org/
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ParEdit/
https://github.com/emacsmirror/paredit/"
if [[ "${PV}" == *9999* ]] ; then
inherit git-r3
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/emacsmirror/${PN}"
else
SRC_URI="https://github.com/emacsmirror/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz
-> ${P}.tar.gz"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~sparc ~x86"
fi
LICENSE="GPL-3+"
SLOT="0"
DOCS=( CREDITS NEWS "${PN}.html" )
SITEFILE="50${PN}-gentoo-r1.el"
src_compile() {
elisp_src_compile
sh ./genhtml.sh || die "the script genhtml.sh failed"
}
src_test() {
${EMACS} ${EMACSFLAGS} -l "${PN}.el" -l test.el || die "tests failed"
}
src_install() {
local DOC_CONTENTS="If you wish to enable paredit mode for Lisp/Scheme
based modes, then you can put this configuration into your GNU Emacs
config:
\n\t(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook #'enable-paredit-mode)
\n\t(add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook #'enable-paredit-mode)
\n\t(add-hook 'scheme-mode-hook #'enable-paredit-mode)
\n\t(add-hook 'slime-mode-hook #'enable-paredit-mode)"
rm ./test.el* || die
elisp_src_install
}