SLIME is the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs. It is
implemented in two main parts: the Emacs Lisp side (slime.el), and
the support library for the Common Lisp (swank.lisp and swank-*.lisp)
For a real description, see the manual in doc/
Add this to your ~/.emacs file and fill in the appropriate filenames:
(add-to-list 'load-path "~/hacking/lisp/slime/") ; your SLIME directory
(setq inferior-lisp-program "/opt/sbcl/bin/sbcl") ; your Lisp system
(require 'slime)
(slime-setup)Make sure your inferior-lisp-program is set to a compatible
version of Lisp.
The function slime-setup can also load additional, contributed
packages ("contribs"). The most-often used package is
slime-fancy.el, which primarily installs a popular set of other
contributed packages. It includes a better REPL, and many more nice
features. To load it, change the bare (slime-setup) form above to
(slime-setup '(slime-fancy)).
Use M-x slime to fire up and connect to an inferior Lisp.
SLIME will now automatically be available in your Lisp source
buffers.
SLIME is free software. All files, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are public domain.
Questions and comments are best directed to the mailing list: http://common-lisp.net/mailman/listinfo/slime-devel
The mailing list archive is also available on Gmane: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.slime.devel