Slime newbie - lisp

On May 9, 3:29 pm, "zsl...@gmail.com" <levili...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just downloaded Lisp in a box, and I'm trying out it with Slime.
> But unfortunately I'm unable to do such basic things as navigating
> back and forth in the command history. (I haven't found much help in
> the Slime manual).

I've found. (M-n and M-p) Though, the manual could be a bit more
verbose (because not everubody is an Emacs expert):

4.2 Input navigation

C-a slime-repl-bol
Go to the beginning of the line, but stop at the repl prompt.
M-n
M-p
M-s
M-r slime-repl-{next,previous}-input
slime-repl-{next,previous}-matching-input
comint-style input history commands.
C-c C-n
C-c C-p slime-repl-next-prompt, slime-repl-previous-prompt
Move between the current and previous prompts in the repl buffer.

On May 9, 7:34 am, "zsl...@gmail.com" <levili...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 9, 3:29 pm, "zsl...@gmail.com" <levili...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've just downloaded Lisp in a box, and I'm trying out it with Slime.
> > But unfortunately I'm unable to do such basic things as navigating
> > back and forth in the command history. (I haven't found much help in
> > the Slime manual).
>
> I've found. (M-n and M-p) Though, the manual could be a bit more
> verbose (because not everubody is an Emacs expert):
>
> 4.2 Input navigation
>
> C-a slime-repl-bol
> Go to the beginning of the line, but stop at the repl prompt.
> M-n
> M-p
> M-s
> M-r slime-repl-{next,previous}-input
> slime-repl-{next,previous}-matching-input
> comint-style input history commands.
> C-c C-n
> C-c C-p slime-repl-next-prompt, slime-repl-previous-prompt
> Move between the current and previous prompts in the repl buffer.

I assume you found C-h m for help on the current mode.

If you move your cursor up to previous input and hit enter on it, it
will copy the form down to your line. I find that C-UpArrow and C-
DownArrow move through the command history. Also, see the Slime movie
about 3 times in a row to catch it all:

http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/ (look under screencasts)

and maybe look at http://www.cliki.net/SLIME%20Features for a few more
tips.


Zach

On May 9, 8:29 am, "zsl...@gmail.com" <levili...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just downloaded Lisp in a box, and I'm trying out it with Slime.
> But unfortunately I'm unable to do such basic things as navigating
> back and forth in the command history. (I haven't found much help in
> the Slime manual).

I wrote an emacs/slime cheat sheet[1] and a reference for the great
SLIME movie by Marco Barringer[2]. They helped me out a lot.

-Peter

[1] http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/art...s-cheat-sheet/
[2] http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/art...cs-screencast/

On May 9, 11:50 pm, Peter Christensen <peter.t.christen...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On May 9, 8:29 am, "zsl...@gmail.com" <levili...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've just downloaded Lisp in a box, and I'm trying out it with Slime.
> > But unfortunately I'm unable to do such basic things as navigating
> > back and forth in the command history. (I haven't found much help in
> > the Slime manual).
>
> I wrote an emacs/slime cheat sheet[1] and a reference for the great
> SLIME movie by Marco Barringer[2]. They helped me out a lot.
>
> -Peter
>
> [1]http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/public-beta-open-for-ultima...
> [2]http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/reference-for-the-slimelisp...


Thanks, your links are very useful.