[Openmcl-devel] suggestions for clozure editor

[Mark Klein]

Thanks a lot for the suggestion. Does SLIME have a Mac compatibility  
mode in terms of key bindings? I like the Clozure IDE, it's simple and  
familiar, and I'd rather not have to learn a whole new editor (I never  
was a serious emacs user, so it's not a native idiom for me).

	Mark

> Emacs/slime would address all of your issues.
>
> Slime
> http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/
> The slime screencast is helpful if you are going to attach remotely.
> The PDF slime manual is well written and will make you more  
> productive.
> Recommend you check out slime directly from the source code repository
> since it's a work in progress.
> Also see http://www.cliki.net/SLIME
> There is also a slime mailing list if you have questions that you
> cannot find on the web.
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Mark Klein <m_klein at mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know if there's a formal place to request UI enhancements,  
>> sorry if
>> I missed it. Anyway, I just switched from Lispworks, and the things  
>> I miss
>> most are:
>
> This is more of an IDE or comp.lang.lisp inquiry than a CL language  
> request.
> More times than not, the IDE is separated from the lisp  
> implementation.
>
>
>> - find source i.e. put the cursor in a function name in your code,  
>> and use a
>> menu item or key chord to jump to the source
>
> M-.
>
>
>> - find documentation i.e. put the cursor in a function name in your  
>> code,
>> and use a menu item or key chord to display its' documentation  
>> somehow (e.g.
>> popup window)
>
> Rob discusses this:
> https://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/6e91e20f2f371b52?&noredirect
> If these are too verbose, attach to an emacs function key.
>
>
>> - compile function i.e. put the cursor inside a function, and use a  
>> menu
>> item or key chord to compile just that function (without having to  
>> scroll to
>> the beginning or end of the function and make the function selected)
>
> C-c C-c
> The lisp code will flash and give you visual feedback as to
> the extent of the code that is compiled.
>
>
>> If these functions are already available, could someone point me to
>> information on how to invoke them?
>>
>>    Thanks,
>>
>>        Mark
>>
>> -------------------------------
>> Mark Klein
>> Principal Research Scientist
>> MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
>> http://cci.mit.edu/klein/
>>
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>
>
> Since ccl runs on multiple platforms it is a common courtesy to  
> indicate the
> platform you routinely run on so that answers can be best tailored  
> to your
> questions/requests.
>
> I do not speak nor am i affiliated with Clozure.

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Mark Klein
Principal Research Scientist
MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
http://cci.mit.edu/klein/