[slime-devel] slime feature proposal: message-of-the-day

[Dan Weinreb]

On the other hand, you don't want to grow this thing
into a whole newsgroup system...

On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 16:27 +0100, Stefan Kamphausen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Marco Baringer <mb at bese.it> writes:
> 
> > hi,
> >
> >   i have a new slime feature but i'm debating whethere it's actually
> >   useful as part of standard slime or just bloat:
> >
> >   we have a new variable swank:*motd-pathname* which, when not NIL, is
> >   assumed to name a ChangeLog formated file. When we connect slime to
> >   swank this file is read and the entries in the last N days are given
> >   to slime to be inserted into the repl before the prompt and after
> >   the banner.
> >
> >   The idea behind this variable is tha a group of programmers would
> >   use it to communicate or remind themselves about development related
> >   changes (i'm thinking stuff like changes to default startup
> >   procedures, moving databases, api changes, test suite results,
> >   etc.).
> 
> If you're already there one might think about introducing roles and
> have different messages displayed.  You could declare yourself to be a
> 'slime-developer which would lead to messages concerning (e.g.)
> internal changes or you could play the role of a 'slime-user and could
> be given hints when some important functions change or when new
> features are introduced.
> 
> Other roles
> 
> 'slime-newbie (default) - common usage tips
> 'slime-ignoramus        - no messages at all
> ...
> 
> Just thinking here...
> Regards
> Stefan