Re: [slime-devel] sbc.core-with-swank

Quoth Helmut Eller heller@common-lisp.net:

• Sebastian Tennant [2009-08-22 07:08+0200] writes:

...

The Slime manual suggests otherwise though (info "(slime) Loading Swank faster"):

Then add this to your `.emacs':

  (setq slime-lisp-implementations
        '((sbcl ("sbcl" "--core" "sbcl.core-with-swank")
                :init (lambda (port-file _)
                        (format "(swank:start-server %S)\n" port-file)))))

Could someone clarify this situation?

You probably have to give an absolute filename. Doesn't sound particularly noteworthy to me.

Do you not think the example lisp form in the manual misleading?

Surely it should read

"/path/to/sbcl.core-with-swank"

or

".../sbcl.core-with-swank"

or simply make mention of the fact that an absolute path is required.

Sebastian