[slime-devel] minor slime ui improvement: SLIME-OTHER-FRAME

[Tobias C. Rittweiler]

Jesse Alama <jesse.alama at gmail.com> writes:

> I usually keep my repl in another emacs frame, so I usually do this 
> when starting a new lisp session:
>
> - open the lisp code I want to work on,
> - M-x slime
> - C-x b to switch back to the lisp buffer
> - C-x 5 b to switch to the lisp buffer
>
> These utilities might help with that kind of usage:
>
> (defun slime-other-frame (&optional command coding-system)
>   "Start an inferior^_superior Lisp and connect to its Swank server
> in a new frame."
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((buf (generate-new-buffer "slime")))
>     (switch-to-buffer-other-frame buf)
>     (slime command coding-system)))
>
> (defun slime-other-frame-switch-back (&optional command coding-system)
>   "Start an inferior^_superior Lisp and connect to its Swank
> server in a new frame, then switch back to the frame where this
> command was invoked."
>   (interactive)
>   (let ((new-buf (generate-new-buffer "slime"))
> 	(current-buf (current-buffer)))
>     (switch-to-buffer-other-frame new-buf)
>     (slime command coding-system)
>     (switch-to-buffer-other-frame current-buf)))
>
> Comments welcome.
>

Do you know C-c C-z? Do you know about the slime-selector?

I also use a multiple frames setup, and I've found

  (setq-default display-buffer-reuse-frames t)

an essential ingredient for that.

As I use three frames aligned vertically, I also have

  (tool-bar-mode -1)
  (scroll-bar-mode -1)

in my .emacs to maximize usable screen estate.

HTH,

  -T.