[slime-devel] editing previously entered forms causes problems

[Pascal J.Bourguignon]

Tim Oates writes:
> I checked out SLIME from the CVS repository on 11/24/04.  I'm using it on
> my PowerBook G4 which is running Mac OS X version 10.3.6, emacs version
> 21.2.1, and CLISP (a recent version, not sure which one precisely).
> 
> My problem is that when I edit a form that was previously entered, part of
> it always gets chopped off when I hit enter.  For example:
> 
> CL-USER> (princ 'hello)
> HELLO
> HELLO
> 
> ;; Now I use the arrow keys to go back to the form that was just evaluated
> ;; and edit it so that it looks like this
> 
> CL-USER> (princ-to-string 'hello)
> 
> ;; When I hit enter I get the following
> 
> CL-USER> 'hello)
> 
> This happens every time.  All text of the form prior to the point of my
> last edit within the form is chopped off.  Does anyone have any ideas on
> how to fix this?  Thanks!

Yes, it's a big bug IMHO.  But the developers of slime want you to
type: M-p and to edit the line in the last position, not above the
CL-USER> prompt.

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