[clbuild-devel] A swank server-only task?

[Abhishek Reddy]

Hi,

Is there an automated way in clbuild to launch a swank server without
starting Emacs too?

Sometimes, I find the need to launch a swank server and then slime-connect
to it from an existing (perhaps remote) Emacs process.

I have resorted variously to invoking SWANK:CREATE-SERVER manually from a
`clbuild lisp' REPL, or scripting a similar `clbuild run ...' incantation.
Lately, I have been using a patched[1] clbuild that does it automatically
with `clbuild swank [port]'.

Is a better way to do this?  Or is something like the patch below worth
adding to clbuild?

Thanks


[1] $ darcs diff
diff -rN old-clbuild/clbuild new-clbuild/clbuild
1897a1898,1913
>     swank)
>       shift
>       swank_coding_system="utf-8-unix"
>       swank_port=${1:-0}
>       test $# -ge 1 && shift
>       swank_options=":port $swank_port :coding-system
\"$swank_coding_system\""
>       swank_create_server="(swank:create-server $swank_options)"
>       swank_asdf_load="(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op :swank)"
>       if test -f "$BASE"/monster.core; then
>           common_options="$core_option "$BASE"/monster.core
$common_options"
>           swank_asdf_load="nil"
>       fi
>       clbuild_lisp "$@" \
>           $eval "$swank_asdf_load" \
>           $eval "$swank_create_server"
>       ;;


-- 
Abhishek Reddy
http://abhishek.geek.nz
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