Hello.

 

People may want to open package.lisp of some library to study the public API,

and quickly navigate to definition of any symbol from the :export list,

in order to read the docstring.

 

I use slime-edit-definition (with the M-. shortcut) for navigation to docstrings.

 

But that usually does not work from within of (defpackage ) form,

because slime determines the current package based on the (in-package)

at the top of the file and usually package files have

 

   (in-package :cl-user)

   (defpackage :some-lib

      (:export #:some-function

                    #:another-function

                     ...))

 

 

So when cursor stays on #:some-function and M-. is pressed

slime says "No known definition for: #:some-function (in :cl-user)"

 

As a workaround I temporarily insert (in-pakcage :some-lib) above the (defpackage ).

 

But it would be convenient if slime understood that the within the :export

option of defpackage the symbols belong to the package being defined

and not to the closest (in-package ).

 

So that the proposal for consideration of the slime maintainers.

 

Best regards,

- Anton