Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something -- but wouldn't this small change in slime-inspect make it slightly more useful? --- slime.el.original 2003-11-10 14:05:28.000000000 -0800 +++ slime.el 2003-11-10 20:54:22.000000000 -0800 @@ -3332,7 +3332,7 @@ (defun slime-inspect (string) (interactive (list (slime-read-from-minibuffer "Inspect value (evaluated): " - (slime-last-expression)))) + (slime-sexp-at-point)))) (slime-eval-async `(swank:init-inspector ,string) (slime-buffer-package) 'slime-open-inspector)) --J.