[slime-devel] cutting and pasting S-expressions from buffer to REPL

[Faheem Mitha]

Hello everyone,

I've recently started using SLIME with SBCl on Debian, where SLIME 
defaults to using SBCL, at least when it is installed. So far I am very 
impressed. I haven't been able to take off and fly yet, but I'm on the 
runway.:-)

I'm particularly impressed by the underlining source which has compile 
errors, and doing a popup on mouseover feature. I don't know whose idea 
this was, but it is pretty damn cool. Does anyone know the history of this 
feature?

So, I have a question about SLIME. When debugging, or indeed otherwise, I 
find it useful to copy and paste S-expressions from a buffer to the REPL. 
I've been using the mouse for this, which is decidedly sub-optimal. I hate 
using the mouse. I was thinking that it would be handy to have a command 
which would copy and paste S-expressions from a buffer to the REPL, while 
at the same time switching the buffer to the REPL. The S-expression would 
be chosen by having the cusor to the right of the closing expression. I'm 
not sure if this position has a name.

I don't know if this command already exists. I could not find it in the 
manual. If it doesn't, could someone tell me what code would tell emacs to 
do this? My knowledge of Emacs programming is non-existent.

Please CC me on any reply. Thanks.
                                                            Regards, Faheem