[slime-devel] stuck polling on windows

[Archenoth]

On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:56:29 -0600, mike <mikereape at onetel.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm trying to get slime and slime-mode working with acl82express  
> (Allegro CL 8.2).
>
> Here is the relevant part of my .emacs:
>
> ; This is sample code for starting and specifying defaults to the
> ; Emacs-Lisp interface.
>    (push "c:/acl82express/eli" load-path)
>    (load "fi-site-init.el")
>    (setq fi:common-lisp-image-name "c:/acl82express/alisp")
>    (setq fi:common-lisp-image-file "c:/acl82express/alisp.dxl")
>    (setq fi:common-lisp-directory "c:/acl82express/")
>
>      (add-to-list 'load-path  
> "c:/Users/Mike/Downloads/slime-current/slime-current/slime-2012-09-27/")  
> ; your SLIME directory
>      (setq inferior-lisp-program "c:/acl82express/allegro-express.exe")  
> ; your Lisp system
>      (require 'slime)
>      (slime-setup)
>
> When I do 'M-x slime' this is at the top of *inferior-lisp*:
>
> (progn (load  
> "c:/Users/Mike/Downloads/slime-current/slime-current/slime-2012-09-27/swank-loader.lisp"  
> :verbose t) (funcall (read-from-string "swank-loader:init")) (funcall  
> (read-from-string "swank:start-server")  
> "c:/Users/Mike/AppData/Local/Temp/slime.8336"))
>
> and this from *Messages*:
>
> Loading paren...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-site-init.el (source)...
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-vers.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-utils.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-keys.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-modes.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-indent.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-gnu.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-subproc.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-sublisp.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-basic-lep.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-lep.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-dmode.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-composer.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-lze.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-changes.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-db.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-stream.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-ring.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-filec.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-shell.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-rlogin.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-telnet.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-su.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-manual.elc...
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-manual-data.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-manual.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-emacs21.elc...done
> Loading c:/acl82express/eli/fi-site-init.el (source)...done
> package specification is `USER'
> Loading dired...done
> Loading vc-cvs...done
> Loading prolog...done
> Wrote c:/Users/Mike/.emacs.desktop.lock
> Desktop: 14 buffers restored.
> For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
> call-interactively: Beginning of buffer
> Slime mode enabled
> Quit
> Polling "c:/Users/Mike/AppData/Local/Temp/slime.8336".. (Abort with `M-x  
> slime-abort-connection'.) [95 times]
> Mark set
> Polling "c:/Users/Mike/AppData/Local/Temp/slime.8336".. (Abort with `M-x  
> slime-abort-connection'.) [132 times]
>
> and it just keeps polling and when I check in  
> c:/Users/Mike/AppData/Local/Temp/, slime.8336 isn't there.
>
> Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?  I can repost if  
> more/different output is needed.  FWIW, I'm running under an account  
> with admin privs.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike
>

I recall this happened to me a while back when I was trying out Windows 8  
with SLIME... As it turns out, it happened to be how my temp folder was  
setup... Does it work when you set a "TEMP" environment variable so it  
points to a path with no spaces in it? So:

1) Create a folder in C: called "Temp"...
2) Start -> [Right Click] "Computer" -> Properties -> Advanced system  
settings -> Environment Variables...
3) At the top, set "TEMP" to "C:\Temp" (The folder you created in Step 1).
4) [Click] "Ok".
5) Start up Emacs and try SLIME again...
6) ???
7) PROFIT!

Does this help any..?

-- 
The Arch foe