An appropriate :coding-system when starting the server would probably help. E.g.: (swank:create-server :port 4007 :style :spawn :dont-close t :coding-system "utf-8-unix")
using utf-8 as default in 2011 would have spared numerous people a whole lot of time. instead we keep on repeating such threads to... why exactly? my take on this is sitting in our branch for ages: http://dwim.hu/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=slime;a=commit;h=851c7f1778e2927e4c4a8b7a... or if meanwhile the link gets broken by rebasing, then look up this patch: More sensible defaults: - slime-setup loads slime-fancy if called without arguments - use utf-8 encoding by default -- attila Notice the erosion of your (digital) freedom, and do something about it! PGP: 2FA1 A9DC 9C1E BA25 A59C 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 OTR XMPP: 8647EEAC EA30FEEF E1B55146 573E52EE 21B1FF06