Using SLIME as an IDE

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.

Slobodan
http://slobodanblazeski.blogspot.com

The Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:05:18 -0800, Slobodan Blazeski wrote:

> 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.
>
> Slobodan
> http://slobodanblazeski.blogspot.com

Not that I am aware. But lispworks has this. Perhaps you can get some
ideas from this.



--
John Thingstad

On Mar 9, 10:05*pm, Slobodan Blazeski <slobodan.blaze...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 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.

Do you know speedbar? M-x speedbar shows a navigation panel that lets
you travel through the directories of your project, opening files.
Some IDE extensions (CEDET) hack on top of speedbar introducing
project-wise navigation. It would be a nice addition for slime, if
that does not exist already.

Juanjo

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

On Mar 10, 12:09*am, Juanjo <juanjose.garciarip...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 9, 10:05*pm, Slobodan Blazeski <slobodan.blaze...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Do you know speedbar? M-x speedbar shows a navigation panel that lets
> you travel through the directories of your project, opening files.
> Some IDE extensions (CEDET) hack on top of speedbar introducing
> project-wise navigation. It would be a nice addition for slime, if
> that does not exist already.
>
> Juanjo

Great just what I need. Many many thanks.

Slobodan

On Mar 10, 6:49*pm, Slobodan Blazeski <slobodan.blaze...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 10, 12:09*am, Juanjo <juanjose.garciarip...@googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Mar 9, 10:05*pm, Slobodan Blazeski <slobodan.blaze...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > 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.
>
> > Do you know speedbar? M-x speedbar shows a navigation panel that lets
> > you travel through the directories of your project, opening files.
> > Some IDE extensions (CEDET) hack on top of speedbar introducing
> > project-wise navigation. It would be a nice addition for slime, if
> > that does not exist already.
>
> > Juanjo
>
> Great just what I need. Many many thanks.
>
> Slobodan
I forgot to change the subject I needed just to mark show all files in
order to see the .lisp files.


Slobodan