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By "in charge", I include both making defaults and deciding what the
doc says.<br>
The approach described -- having REPL not be the default mode of
operation -- is not in and of itself broken.<br>
It's just that it's not in synch with the doc. What about the doc? It
says <br>
<br>
here:<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Inferior_002dlisp.html#Inferior_002dlisp">http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Inferior_002dlisp.html#Inferior_002dlisp</a><br>
<br>
The buffer <code>*inferior-lisp*</code> contains the Lisp process's
own
top-level. This direct access to Lisp is useful for troubleshooting,
and some degree of <acronym>SLIME</acronym> integration is available
using the
<code>inferior-slime-mode</code>. However, in normal use we recommend
using
the fully-integrated <acronym>SLIME</acronym> <acronym>REPL</acronym>
and ignoring the
<code>*inferior-lisp*</code> buffer.
<br>
<br>
<br>
and <br>
<br>
here:<br>
<br>
http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Installation.html#Installation<br>
<br>
With a Lisp implementation that can be started from the command-line,
installation just requires a few lines in your .emacs:<br>
<br>
(setq inferior-lisp-program "/opt/sbcl/bin/sbcl") ; your Lisp
system<br>
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/hacking/lisp/slime/") ; your SLIME
directory<br>
(require 'slime)<br>
(slime-setup)<br>
<br>
<br>
So, can the doc be fixed now?<br>
-------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: Re: [slime-devel] slime repl AND slime-fancy vs. XEmacs<br>
From: Helmut Eller <heller@common-lisp.net><br>
To: slime-devel@common-lisp.net<br>
Date: Mon Nov 16 2009 01:49:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)<br>
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<pre wrap="">* Mark H. David [2009-11-16 06:43+0100] writes:
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<pre wrap="">Things are broken: either the doc is wrong or the defaults are wrong.Â
Is there anyone in charge who's not in favor of fixing that?
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I'm in charge and I make the defaults.
There is Slime and there are contribs. I care about Slime. Contribs are
made and maintained my, well, contributors. I don't want the repl to be
part of Slime because Slime is much easier to maintain without repl.
Slime is not a commercial product with customers where developers have
to do whatever paying users want. Neither am I trying to sell Slime.
If you don't like it the way it is use something else.
Helmut
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