Re: [slime-devel] SLIME development newbie questions

Tamas K Papp tkpapp@gmail.com writes:

Hi,

I decided that it would be worthwhile to learn some Emacs Lisp, mainly in order to understand the internals of SLIME better -- maybe I could get to the point that I could extend and customize it myself. This is why I am posting here instead of an emacs group.

I am looking for help on how to get started, especially with the following:

1. Is there a SLIME-like IDE for Emacs Lisp? If not, what's the

closest? I know that Emacs itself provides some functionality, but it does not look nearly as comfy as SLIME for CL. Eg I couldn't figure out the equivalent of M-. and similar.

There's M-x ielm. For M-. I use http://paste.lisp.org/display/113374

2. Is there a document describing the architecture of SLIME?

Not that i know. "A pile of hacks" sounds about right.

3. How should I start? What's the best way to start poking around in

SLIME?

By finding something you want to modify.