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

[Jesse Alama]

On 2010-02-06 16:26:04 +0000, Tobias C. Rittweiler said:

> 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.

Thanks for the tips.  I didn't know about C-c C-z.

Jesse