what do people use for paredit stuff in spacemacs? I kind of like the evil-lispy state, but it's annoying to have to exit insert mode and go SPC k s to slurp something. I'd rather have C-<something>.. A sample config file would be much appreciated!

Or maybe it's just a matter of remapping keys ...

I use Smartparens (which map out thusly: https://github.com/Fuco1/.emacs.d/blob/master/files/smartparens.el).

^ @jstaffans ^

thanks! I'll have a look.

@jstaffans: I call this in my config which adds the C-whatever bindings: (add-hook 'clojure-mode-hook #'paredit-mode)

you'll probably also want (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook #'paredit-mode) and any other lisps you use