On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:34:34 -0700 (PDT), globalrev
<skanem...@yahoo.se> wrote: >i downloaded the SLIME-file. >how do i install it on windows? i have unzipped and there is no >specific install-file and the readme is just about emacs itself, not >slime.
>the tutorials just show for linux/mac etc.
"SLIME is a Emacs mode for Common Lisp development." So you need to install emacs too, because slime is not an indipendent program. Have a look at this link, maybe it is usefull: http://gigamonkeys.com/lispbox/
On 27 Apr, 10:52, "An[z]elmus" <some...@somewhere.org> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:34:34 -0700 (PDT), globalrev
> <skanem...@yahoo.se> wrote: > >i downloaded the SLIME-file. > >how do i install it on windows? i have unzipped and there is no > >specific install-file and the readme is just about emacs itself, not > >slime.
> >the tutorials just show for linux/mac etc.
> "SLIME is a Emacs mode for Common Lisp development." > So you need to install emacs too, because slime is not an indipendent > program. > Have a look at this link, maybe it is usefull:http://gigamonkeys.com/lispbox/
>where is this .emacs-file? what is the name of it? why doesnt he write >the name instead?
The name of the file should be indeed ".emacs". In my system is in the root directory "c:\". The convention of preceeding the name of a file with a dot is completly unusual in Windows and i think it comes from unix, that is the operating system where emacs was developed and where it works at best.
globalrev <skanem...@yahoo.se> writes: > i downloaded the SLIME-file.
> how do i install it on windows? i have unzipped and there is no > specific install-file and the readme is just about emacs itself, not > slime.
> the tutorials just show for linux/mac etc.
Well, actually it's not specific to linux/mac, it's specific to emacs. All emacs package work on emacs, not on any other lower OS.
emacs is more than an OS, emacs is a way of life.
Have you googled for slime manual or slime documentation? Have you read slime manual? http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/doc/html/ Notice how the installation procedure don't mention anything about any OS, only about emacs.
> where is this .emacs-file? what is the name of it? why doesnt he > write the name instead?
Because that's its name! Just C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET and copy and paste the above lisp code. Then C-x C-s to save the file.
You should already KNOW that because you should already have READ the emacs TUTORIAL that's emacs proposes you to read first thing when it starts up. Again, type Control-h t and read the tutorial now!
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> > in my ~/.emacs file it says. > > so no emacs.exe?
> > where is this .emacs-file? what is the name of it? why doesnt he > > write the name instead?
> Because that's its name! Just C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET > and copy and paste the above lisp code. > Then C-x C-s to save the file.
> You should already KNOW that because you should already have READ the > emacs TUTORIAL that's emacs proposes you to read first thing when it > starts up. Again, type Control-h t and read the tutorial now!
> -- > __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ > Litter box not here. > You must have moved it again. > I'll poop in the sink.
but is this file supposed to exist after just installing emacs? because windows cant find it and i cant find it.
when i did like u said emacs made a new file(didnt even knew it could, only thought emacs could edit already existing files).
globalrev <skanem...@yahoo.se> writes: > On 27 Apr, 11:33, Pascal Bourguignon <p...@informatimago.com> wrote: >> globalrev <skanem...@yahoo.se> writes: >> > but i dont understand where to insert this:
>> > in my ~/.emacs file it says. >> > so no emacs.exe?
>> > where is this .emacs-file? what is the name of it? why doesnt he >> > write the name instead?
>> Because that's its name! Just C-x C-f ~/.emacs RET >> and copy and paste the above lisp code. >> Then C-x C-s to save the file.
>> You should already KNOW that because you should already have READ the >> emacs TUTORIAL that's emacs proposes you to read first thing when it >> starts up. Again, type Control-h t and read the tutorial now!
>> -- >> __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ >> Litter box not here. >> You must have moved it again. >> I'll poop in the sink.
> but is this file supposed to exist after just installing emacs? > because windows cant find it and i cant find it.
> when i did like u said emacs made a new file(didnt even knew it could, > only thought emacs could edit already existing files).
And you know a lot of MS-Windows application that can only modify files, and not create them? How would you create files then?
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g> in my ~/.emacs file it says. g> so no emacs.exe?
emacs.exe is executable .emacs is it's configuration file
g> where is this .emacs-file? what is the name of it? why doesnt he write g> the name instead?
".emacs" IS the name. "~" is your home directory. it's either set by a environment variable, or defaults to some location like C: or Documents and Settings\username
in any case, you DO NOT actually need to know where it is, because Emacs can open it for you, and you can edit it in Emacs -- just click Open File and select ~/.emacs -- it will create file for you when you save it.
by the way, if you got used to Windows editors, you might find XEmacs better because of more sane keyboard bindings defaults (btw XEmacs also has "Edit Init File", so you don't have to type a name to open it). also, you'd better choose other implementations (i.e. CLISP, ECL) instead of SBCL -- SBCL is not yet fully supported on Windows.
globalrev <skanem...@yahoo.se> writes: > i created the .emacs file now and try to do M-x slime RET and it says > no match.
You need to load ~/.emacs This is done automatically when you launch emacs. So you could quit and relaunch emacs, but this is gross. A better way is to type: M-x load-file RET ~/.emacs RET another way is, having ~/.emacs the current buffer, to type: M-x eval-buffer RET
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>where is this .emacs-file? what is the name of it? why doesnt he write >the name instead?
When you open a file in Emacs, type "~/.emacs" as the name of the file and Emacs will open it. It should usually be located at c:/.emacs.
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globalrev <skanem...@yahoo.se> writes: > i downloaded the SLIME-file.
> how do i install it on windows? i have unzipped and there is no > specific install-file and the readme is just about emacs itself, not > slime.
> the tutorials just show for linux/mac etc.
I'm assuming you are installing this natively under windows and not cygwin. It's actually much easier to install it without cygwin because of problems converting windows to cygwin paths (unless you use cygwin emacs).
An additional tip is that if you are comfortable with lisp already, it's easier to get it working using asdf. Just drop a link to your swank.asd file (comes in the slime main directory) in your systems directy and put (asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op :swank) in your .lisprc file or your slime startup file (that can be named whatever. Mine is .slime.lisp. More notes below).
Otherwise you need add your slime directory to both your emacs and lisp library paths. That is what everyone else is telling you to put in your .emacs file (more notes on that below) for the emacs side. Then put (load "your/slime/directory/swank.lisp") in your .slime.lisp file. (Note: I've had to do this to get it working for me in the past...I'm not sure if you are supposed to have to do this). THEN, you have to add the path to .slime.lisp as part of your inferior-lisp-process setting in emacs. Make all the other changes people have suggested for your .emacs file, then say a prayer, and type M-x slime.
Note: If it looks like slime starts, and then it locks up emacs, there is nothing you can do about this. This is due to a problem with pipes in windows, and the only way to fix it is to recompile lisp (with changes to the C source) or find an executable that works. Another option is to start your lisp process and load slime manually and start the server all from within a shell OUTSIDE of emacs. But thats a pain.
Additional notes: When you first install emacs, your home directory "~/" defaults to c:\Documents and Settings\your name\Aplication Data. Don't ask me why. You can change your home directory as defined in emacs by making a file called "site-start.el" and putting it in your emacs/site-lisp directory with a line like (setenv "HOME" "whatever/your/desired/home/dir/is") in there.
Someone else mentioned that windows doesn't like file names starting with a dot. If this is the case, replace the dot with an underscore "_" and it will still load up automatically.
Simple right?
Just be thankful you not using cygwin and you have to rewrite how slime handles all its path names to get it to work.
> > <skanem...@yahoo.se> wrote: > > >i downloaded the SLIME-file. > > >how do i install it onwindows? i have unzipped and there is no > > >specific install-file and the readme is just about emacs itself, not > > >slime.
> > >the tutorials just show for linux/mac etc.
> > "SLIME is a Emacs mode for Common Lisp development." > > So you need to install emacs too, because slime is not an indipendent > > program. > > Have a look at this link, maybe it is usefull:http://gigamonkeys.com/lispbox/
> where is this .emacs-file? what is the name of it? why doesnt he write > the name instead?
For the record if you're using Windows XP, you need to reboot after running the SBCL v1.0.13 installer to set the system environment variables. Also, once you reboot, you can just put
(setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl")
in the .emacs file, since SBCL finds the executable and core files using the PATH environment variable. (http://common-lisp.net/pipermail/ slime-devel/2008-May/007331.html)
I wrote an install guide for it (complete with explanation of .emacs and everything) here:
On Fri, 30 May 2008 12:24:09 -0700 (PDT), Peter Christensen
<peter.t.christen...@gmail.com> wrote: >For the record if you're using Windows XP, you need to reboot after >running the SBCL v1.0.13 installer to set the system environment >variables.
Or you can just edit them manually. Global environment variables are in
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