By "in charge", I include both making defaults and deciding what the doc says. The approach described -- having REPL not be the default mode of operation -- is not in and of itself broken. It's just that it's not in synch with the doc. What about the doc? It says
here:
http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Inferior_002dlisp.html#Inferio...
The buffer |*inferior-lisp*| contains the Lisp process's own top-level. This direct access to Lisp is useful for troubleshooting, and some degree of SLIME integration is available using the |inferior-slime-mode|. However, in normal use we recommend using the fully-integrated SLIME REPL and ignoring the |*inferior-lisp*| buffer.
and
here:
http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/Installation.html#Installation
With a Lisp implementation that can be started from the command-line, installation just requires a few lines in your .emacs:
(setq inferior-lisp-program "/opt/sbcl/bin/sbcl") ; your Lisp system (add-to-list 'load-path "~/hacking/lisp/slime/") ; your SLIME directory (require 'slime) (slime-setup)
So, can the doc be fixed now? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [slime-devel] slime repl AND slime-fancy vs. XEmacs From: Helmut Eller heller@common-lisp.net To: slime-devel@common-lisp.net Date: Mon Nov 16 2009 01:49:42 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
- Mark H. David [2009-11-16 06:43+0100] writes:
Things are broken: either the doc is wrong or the defaults are wrong. Is there anyone in charge who's not in favor of fixing that?
I'm in charge and I make the defaults.
There is Slime and there are contribs. I care about Slime. Contribs are made and maintained my, well, contributors. I don't want the repl to be part of Slime because Slime is much easier to maintain without repl.
Slime is not a commercial product with customers where developers have to do whatever paying users want. Neither am I trying to sell Slime. If you don't like it the way it is use something else.
Helmut
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