[slime-devel] More features by default

Knut Olav Bøhmer knut-olav.bohmer at telenor.com
Mon Jan 12 06:38:21 UTC 2009


Martin Simmons wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:09:56 +0100, knobo  said:
>> Luis Oliveira wrote:
>>> Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I disagree. I think the default slime setup should have no contribs
>>>> loaded, not the arbitrary slime-fancy kitchen sink of contribs loaded.
>>> Perhaps we could agree on another set of contribs then?
>>>
>> Ok, then please don't load slime-fancy by default, as it does not work
>> with LispWorks, without applying some patches by Johannes Grødem and
>> Peder O. Klingenberg that can be found on this list dated back in 2007.
>> It would be very difficult for newcomers to find out that it is
>> slime-fancy that is the problem.
>>
>> I don't know why these patches are not approved for inclusion yet.
> 
> I tried loading CVS HEAD slime-fancy into LispWorks 5.1.2 and I've not seen
> any errors yet.  The REPL, completion and source location work as expected,
> but I've not tested everything.  Can you post links to the patches please?

It's been long time since I have tried without the patch, but I think
you'll get an error if you try to inspect objects with unbound slots.

Tell me if you need any more information.

-- 
knobo




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