Symex allows you to edit and interact with code structurally using a modal UI. The Animated Guide is a good way to see many of these features in operation, but this chapter provides an overview and an idea of the kinds of features, and why they exist.
When you’re using Symex, because these operations are so convenient and intuitive, you’ll find that you use a lot of them, all the time. It’s just like speaking a language. We don’t typically count the distinct words we use in speech, but if we did, we’d find that we routinely use a lot of them, without breaking a sweat! Symex is a language, too.