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Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Helmut Eller <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:heller@common-lisp.net"><heller@common-lisp.net></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">I've added this to SLIME, with the name slime-cycle-connections. No
key-binding, though.
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What is the reason that this function tries to make the new connection
buffer-local?
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That is not what this function are doing. it is not to make a new
connection buffer-local.<br>
You make the current-connection variable, buffer-local. That could be
an old, still running, lisp connection, and an old lisp-buffer.<br>
If you have multiple lisp images running, with different source for the
different images. Then having to switch current-connection when jumping
between buffers, saves a lot of frustration.<br>
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Example:<br>
I have one lisp running the web-server, using a different lisp with
business logic. Then if I change something in the interface between the
two lisps, I would change something the business-logic-image (C-x C-c
in the source-file for the business-logic-image). Then I would have to
change something in the web-server-image. This is where I save time, as
I have already set current-connection buffer-local to the
web-server-image. So I just press C-x C-c in the source-file for the
web-server-image. Then maybe I want to improve it, so I jump back and
fourth several times. <br>
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I just committed not to do that when we're inside a REPL buffer; but it
doesn't make much sense for .lisp buffers either, or SLDB buffers, or
the inspector, or..
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Right, it does not make sense for REPL, SLDB or inspector. But as you
can see from the example above: It makes a lot of sense for .lisp
files, and I use it every day.<br>
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