Hi,
I will suggest few minor changes which can be made, but will greatly simplify things for the users.
I feel when there is an error *sldb * should show up in place of the repl buffer instead of replacing the code buffer. At present every time there is an error I have to replace the sldb buffer by code buffer and then repl by the sldb buffer. I am sure other users might also be facing this problem and so they must have written some short-cut keys to do this. But for xemac newbies(like me) it may be hard to write such short-cut keys and so this feature should be inbuilt.
Second, I feel even when the sldb buffer is visible there should be a way of interpreting new function definitions(this maybe hard to implement). The reason why this feature is useful is that after looking at the error one changes the code and then executes it. But because repl is hung it the function doesn't executes. And so I am forced to go to sldb kill it, so that repl returns to normal state and then go back and interpret(execute) the function again. Moreover, when the sldb is killed the buffer positions revert back to what they were before the error occurred. This is annonying and I feel shound't happen.
Thanks.
Surendra Singhi wrote:
Second, I feel even when the sldb buffer is visible there should be a way of interpreting new function definitions(this maybe hard to implement). The reason why this feature is useful is that after looking at the error one changes the code and then executes it. But because repl is hung it the function doesn't executes. And so I am forced to go to sldb kill it, so that repl returns to normal state and then go back and interpret(execute) the function again.
Sorry, about the above one as it is already there. I don't know how or why I missed it.
Moreover, when the sldb is killed the buffer positions revert back to what they were before the error occurred. This is annonying and I feel shound't happen.
But this one sure is a problem. I am talking about slime-1.0
Thanks.
Surendra Singhi wrote:
Hi,
I will suggest few minor changes which can be made, but will greatly simplify things for the users.
I feel when there is an error *sldb * should show up in place of the repl buffer instead of replacing the code buffer. At present every time there is an error I have to replace the sldb buffer by code buffer and then repl by the sldb buffer. I am sure other users might also be facing this problem and so they must have written some short-cut keys to do this. But for xemac newbies(like me) it may be hard to write such short-cut keys and so this feature should be inbuilt.
The reason why I was facing the above problem was because, my cursor was in the REPL, and so slime was replacing the other buffer. So, should REPL be always replaced by sldb is open to question and may depend upon preferences.
Sorry, for thinking aloud.