Most often I edit several functions within a particular lisp file in order to add a feature or fix a bug. I would then like to save and load the whole file in order to test it.

I don't like to pass each function to lisp when I am done editing it (^X^E) because I often bounce back and forth between several functions while programming. When I am ready to test, it is too burdensome for me to remember which functions I passed to lisp, which I have not, and which were passed to lisp _after_ my last edit of it. Re-loading the whole file when I am done is perfect.

I don't like to be forced to re-compile it in order to load it for the following reasons:

1. Some lisp's take longer to compile/load than to just load

2. Compiling often creates a bunch of junk files that I don't want to see when developing

3. (I imagine) some lisp's can provide better debugging information on interpreted code rather than compiled code

4. When developing, the run-time speed of the particular module I am working on almost never matters. If other parts need to be fast, I can compile those. (Of course I would compile the whole thing for production use.)

I appreciate this dialog because my development process makes a lot of sense to me. But I recognize that, out of ignorance, I may not be doing the best thing. If I am right, clearly slime needs a key bound to a slime-save-and-load function as described below. If I am wrong, I just need to understand it, and learn to use the correct procedure.

Thanks.

Blake McBride

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:49 AM, Jeff Cunningham <jeffrey@jkcunningham.com> wrote:

On 07/14/2015 06:15 PM, Blake McBride wrote:

I had to take the "P" argument out, and then everything worked perfectly. Thanks!!

(I am using GNU Emacs 24.3.1)

I am surprised this sequence isn't a pre-configured feature of standard slime with a keyboard shortcut. It is my most used sequence.

Thanks!

Blake

On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 6:17 PM, edgar <edgar-rft@web.de> wrote:

Am Tue, 14 Jul 2015 16:58:31 -0500
schrieb Blake McBride <blake@mcbride.name>:

> Greetings,
>
> Long-time lisp user, short time slime user here. There is something
> I like to do frequently but seems to be a real hassle with slime.
> I'm sure either there is a command to do what I want, or it is easy
> for me to write one. I thought rather than going doen an ignorant
> path, I'd ask the list. Sure appreciate any help.
>
> What I would like is a keyboard command that would:
>
> 1. save the current file being edited
>
> 2. load (not compile) that file without asking it's name

A basic Emacs function doing both could look like this:

(defun slime-save-and-load-file ()
(interactive "P")
(let ((filename (buffer-file-name)))
(if (not filename)
(message "Buffer %s is not associated with a file."
(buffer-name))
(save-buffer)
(slime-load-file filename))))

- edgar

Just out of curiosity, why do you do this all the time? What's the scenario?

--Jeff