Slobodan Blazeski <slobodan.blazeski@gmail.com> writes:

> Three weeks ago I wiped out the XP installation on my laptop and
> installed ubuntu 9.10. I've run ubuntu in the past mostly as dual boot
> or as a virtual machine so I'm not a complete newbie. Now I'm using
> slime and getting friendlier with Emacs everyday Ctrl+X , 3 is my
> favourite. However there is one thing that I lack which really
> bothers me. That is being unable to see the asdf project file
> structure. I really need to visually see all the files on the left
> side of the screen and if possible click on them. Is there anything
> that could do something similar with SLIME or some other hack that
> will help me.
>

Have a look at emacs 'speedbar'. It may not do exactly what you want out
of the box, but I'm pretty confident you would be able to configure it
to meet your needs. Essentially, it provides a narrow window that can
display data in a form of tree. The data can be files, tags, etc. Under
X it pops up as a window in its own frame, so you can position it where
you want. Clicking on the file can then open the file in a buffer or if
its a tags list, jump to that position in the source file etc.

If you go to the emacs wiki, you should be able to find more detailed
discussion and examples of how you can configure it etc.

http://www.emacswiki.org/

Note also that the latest dev version of emacs also now bundles the
CEDET tools and while I don't think CEDET has any existing configuration
for working with CL, it does provide some frameworks that may be useful
editions for setting up an even more powerful CL IDE

--
Tim

tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au