How to install and configure your IDE for Common Lisp (2024)

See on Github

https://gist.github.com/juan-reynoso/31008f67ce335

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Quicklisp is a library manager for Common Lisp. It works with your existing Common Lisp implementation to download, install, and load any of over 1,500 libraries with a few simple commands.

• https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/

SLIME  is a Emacs mode for Common Lisp development. Inspired by existing systems such Emacs Lisp and ILISP, we are working to create an environment for hacking Common Lisp in.

• https://common-lisp.net/project/slime/

Emacs  an extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor — and more.

• https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

SBCL is a high performance Common Lisp compiler.

• http://www.sbcl.org/
  

Install SBCL into my Debian 11.5  (x86_64 GNU/Linux)

As super user (root)

1.- Download

wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sbcl/sbcl-2.2.9-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2

2.-Unpack the tarball

bzip2 -cd sbcl-2.4.0-x86-64-linux-binary.tar.bz2

3.- Change directory

cd sbcl-2.4.0-x86-64-linux

4.- Run install script

./install.sh  OR  sh install.sh

5.- Into your teminal type sbcl

sbcl

You will see

This is SBCL 2.4.0, an implementation of ANSI Common Lisp.
More information about SBCL is available at .

SBCL is free software, provided as is, with absolutely no warranty.
It is mostly in the public domain; some portions are provided under
BSD-style licenses.  See the CREDITS and COPYING files in the
distribution for more information.
*

note:  * is the Lisp REPL prompt

Install quicklisp

As your user, not as root

 1.- Download quicklisp:

   wget https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp

  or

   curl -O https://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp

 2.- Install quicklisp:

   sbcl --load quicklisp.lisp

 3.- To continue with the installation, evaluate:

   (quicklisp-quickstart:install)

few seconds later you will see

==== quicklisp installed ====

    To load a system, use: (ql:quickload "system-name")

    To find system

s, use: (ql:system-apropos "term")

    To load Quicklisp every time you start Lisp, use: (ql:add-to-init-file)

    For more information, see http://www.quicklisp.org/beta/

 4.- Test  quicklisp:

   (ql:system-apropos "postmodern")

5.- Install slime

-  into Lisp REPL * prompt evalute:

  (ql:quickload "quicklisp-slime-helper")

After few seconds you will see

slime-helper.el installed in "/home/you-user/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"

To use, add this to your ~/.emacs:

  (load (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))

  ;; Replace "sbcl" with the path to your implementation

  (setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl")

("quicklisp-slime-helper")

6.- Install emacs, emacs-goodies-el and paredit-el into Debian:

aptitude install emacs emacs-goodies-el paredit-el

Now all together, sbcl quicklisp slime emacs for your IDE

Open emacs. Press C-x C-f (C is control). Write ~/.emacs and press enter. Edit .emacs and add:

  (setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl")

  ;;Load Quicklisp slime-helper

  (load (expand-file-name "~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el"))

  ;;Paredit

  (autoload 'enable-paredit-mode "paredit" "Turn on pseudo

-structural editing of Lisp code." t)

  (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook       #'enable-paredit-mode)

  (add-hook 'eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook #'enable-paredit-mode)

  (add-hook 'ielm-mode-hook             #'enable-paredit-mode)

  (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook             #'enable-paredit-mode)

  (add-hook 'lisp-interaction-mode-hook #'enable-paredit-mode)

  (add-hook 'scheme-mode-hook           #'enable-paredit-mode)

  (add-hook 'slime-repl-mode-hook (lambda () (paredit-mode +1)))

  (show-paren-mode 1)

Local systems

Quicklisp includes ASDF2. I like to set up ASDF2 to scan a particular directory tree, ~/src/lisp/, for local systems. To do that, I create a config file named ~/.config/common-lisp/source-registry.conf.d/projects.conf that has this in it:

(:tree (:home "src/lisp/"))

The final part is done

Open your emacs and type M-x slime

Making a small Lisp project with quickproject and Quicklisp

https://xach.livejournal.com/278047.html?

Sources

https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/

https://common-lisp.net/project/slime/

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

http://www.sbcl.org/

http://blog.quicklisp.org/

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