On the other hand, you don't want to grow this thing into a whole newsgroup system...
On Fri, 2006-11-03 at 16:27 +0100, Stefan Kamphausen wrote:
Hi,
Marco Baringer mb@bese.it writes:
hi,
i have a new slime feature but i'm debating whethere it's actually useful as part of standard slime or just bloat:
we have a new variable swank:*motd-pathname* which, when not NIL, is assumed to name a ChangeLog formated file. When we connect slime to swank this file is read and the entries in the last N days are given to slime to be inserted into the repl before the prompt and after the banner.
The idea behind this variable is tha a group of programmers would use it to communicate or remind themselves about development related changes (i'm thinking stuff like changes to default startup procedures, moving databases, api changes, test suite results, etc.).
If you're already there one might think about introducing roles and have different messages displayed. You could declare yourself to be a 'slime-developer which would lead to messages concerning (e.g.) internal changes or you could play the role of a 'slime-user and could be given hints when some important functions change or when new features are introduced.
Other roles
'slime-newbie (default) - common usage tips 'slime-ignoramus - no messages at all ...
Just thinking here... Regards Stefan