SE701:EmacsSlimeLispAtHome

Windows

Please help expand upon this. Its currently incomplete.

1. Install SBCL
2. Install Emacs
3. Unzip Slime
4. create a %HOME% env variable (Right click my computer -> properties -> Advanced system settings)
5. Create a .emacs file (in your %HOME% dir) you might need to create a text file and use dos to rename it to .emacs (as windows does not recognise .emacs as a valid file name, type rename "New Text Document.txt" .emacs in a dos prompt, at the location of the new text file)
6. add this code ...soon to come...

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To run your programs

1. Start emacs
2. control-l to get a fresh document
3. alt-x to run a command
4. type "lisp-mode" enter
5. alt-x
6. type "slime" enter

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OSX

1. Install MacPorts
2. Edit your ~/.profile to include the following lines, if MacPorts didn't already add them:

export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH

1. Run "sudo port install slime emacs sbcl"
2. Add the following to your ~/.emacs

(setq inferior-lisp-program "/opt/local/bin/sbcl --noinform")
(require 'slime)
(slime-setup)

You should now be able to fire up emacs, and M-x slime!