On 2010-02-06 16:26:04 +0000, Tobias C. Rittweiler said:

Jesse Alama jesse.alama@gmail.com writes:

...

I usually keep my repl in another emacs frame, so I usually do this when starting a new lisp session:

• open the lisp code I want to work on,
• M-x slime
• C-x b to switch back to the lisp buffer
• C-x 5 b to switch to the lisp buffer

These utilities might help with that kind of usage:

(defun slime-other-frame (&optional command coding-system) "Start an inferior^_superior Lisp and connect to its Swank server in a new frame." (interactive) (let ((buf (generate-new-buffer "slime"))) (switch-to-buffer-other-frame buf) (slime command coding-system)))

(defun slime-other-frame-switch-back (&optional command coding-system) "Start an inferior^_superior Lisp and connect to its Swank server in a new frame, then switch back to the frame where this command was invoked." (interactive) (let ((new-buf (generate-new-buffer "slime")) (current-buf (current-buffer))) (switch-to-buffer-other-frame new-buf) (slime command coding-system) (switch-to-buffer-other-frame current-buf)))

Comments welcome.

Do you know C-c C-z? Do you know about the slime-selector?

I also use a multiple frames setup, and I've found

(setq-default display-buffer-reuse-frames t)

an essential ingredient for that.

As I use three frames aligned vertically, I also have

(tool-bar-mode -1) (scroll-bar-mode -1)

in my .emacs to maximize usable screen estate.

Thanks for the tips. I didn't know about C-c C-z.

Jesse