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:
- Is there a SLIME-like IDE for Emacs Lisp?
Yes. It's called emacs.
If not, what's the closest?
There's also a classic REPL, M-x ielm RET
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.
It's M-. if you have generated the tags with etags(1)
You can also use: C-h f C-x o TAB RET
Is there a document describing the architecture of SLIME?
How should I start? What's the best way to start poking around in
SLIME?
Good questions.
Perhaps a good start would be to write a swank backend for emacs? If Christophe Rhode could write one for R, you could write one for emacs!