Helmut, can I move the code to handle arbitrary :write-string TARGETs (via a hashtable of markers) from slime-presentations into core SLIME (see diff)? This code is actually not related to presentations, but is for separating out streams like *trace-output*. Matthias --- slime.el 28 Aug 2007 08:52:04 -0700 1.832 +++ slime.el 28 Aug 2007 09:34:05 -0700 @@ -2970,7 +2970,52 @@ (if (>= (marker-position slime-output-end) (point)) ;; If the output-end marker was moved by our insertion, ;; set it back to the beginning of the REPL result. - (set-marker slime-output-end result-start))))))) + (set-marker slime-output-end result-start))))) + (t + (let* ((marker (slime-output-target-marker target)) + (buffer (and marker (marker-buffer marker)))) + (when buffer + (with-current-buffer buffer + (save-excursion + ;; Insert STRING at MARKER, then move MARKER behind + ;; the insertion. + (goto-char marker) + (insert-before-markers string) + (set-marker marker (point))))))))) + +(defvar slime-last-output-target-id 0 + "The last integer we used as a TARGET id.") + +(defvar slime-output-target-to-marker + (make-hash-table) + "Map from TARGET ids to Emacs markers that indicate where +output should be inserted.") + +(defun slime-output-target-marker (target) + "Return a marker that indicates where output for TARGET should +be inserted." + (case target + ((nil) + (with-current-buffer (slime-output-buffer) + slime-output-end)) + (:repl-result + (with-current-buffer (slime-output-buffer) + slime-repl-input-start-mark)) + (t + (gethash target slime-output-target-to-marker)))) + + +(defun slime-redirect-trace-output () + "Redirect the trace output to a separate Emacs buffer." + (interactive) + (let ((buffer (get-buffer-create "*SLIME Trace Output*"))) + (with-current-buffer buffer + (let ((marker (copy-marker (buffer-size))) + (target (incf slime-last-output-target-id))) + (puthash target marker slime-output-target-to-marker) + (slime-eval `(swank:redirect-trace-output ,target)))) + (pop-to-buffer buffer))) + (defun slime-switch-to-output-buffer (&optional connection) "Select the output buffer, preferably in a different window." -- Matthias Köppe -- http://www.math.uni-magdeburg.de/~mkoeppe (currently @math.ucdavis.edu)