Common Lisp Environment Configuration

Overview

Development environment for CL including an IDE (Emacs+SLIME), implementation (SBCL), and library management (Quicklisp+ASDF)

March 2021 Install

Links

EmacsWiki: Installing Packages

Installing MELPA Packages

Github: slime repo

GNU Emacs For Mac OS X

Roswell Configuration [1]

Emacs Config

;; ~/.emacs.d/init.el
(require 'cl)
(require 'package) ;; You might already have this line
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
  ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize) ;; You might already have this line

;; Setup load-path, autoloads and your lisp system
;; Not needed if you install SLIME via MELPA
;;(add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/slime")
;;(require 'slime-autoloads)
;;(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/bin/sbcl")
;;(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/local/bin/ros -Q run")

;;(slime-setup '(slime-fancy slime-xref-browser slime-asdf slime-banner slime-repl slime-indentation slime-fuzzy slime-autodoc slime-presentations slime-presentation-streams))

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


(setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/.saves")))
(setq backup-by-copying t)


(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(custom-enabled-themes (quote (misterioso)))
 '(inhibit-startup-screen t)
 '(package-selected-packages (quote (slime))))


(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 '(default ((t (:family "DejaVu Sans Mono" :foundry "PfEd" :slant normal :weight normal :height 98 :width normal)))))


;(tool-bar-mode -1)
(setq tool-bar-style 'text)
(setq frame-resize-pixelwise t)


;; Custom functions/hooks for persisting/loading frame geometry upon save/load
(defun save-frameg ()
  "Gets the current frame's geometry and saves to ~/.emacs.frameg."
  (let ((frameg-font (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'font))
	(frameg-left (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'left))
	(frameg-top (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'top))
	(frameg-width (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'width))
	(frameg-height (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'height))
	(frameg-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.frameg")))
    (with-temp-buffer
      ;; Turn off backup for this file
      (make-local-variable 'make-backup-files)
      (setq make-backup-files nil)
      (insert
       ";;; This file stores the previous emacs frame's geometry.\n"
       ";;; Last generated " (current-time-string) ".\n"
       "(setq initial-frame-alist\n"
       ;; " '((font . \"" frameg-font "\")\n"
       " '("
       (format " (top . %d)\n" (max frameg-top 0))
       (format " (left . %d)\n" (max frameg-left 0))
       (format " (width . %d)\n" (max frameg-width 0))
       (format " (height . %d)))\n" (max frameg-height 0)))
      (when (file-writable-p frameg-file)
	(write-file frameg-file)))))

(defun load-frameg ()
  "Loads ~/.emacs.frameg which should load the previous frame's geometry."
  (let ((frameg-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.frameg")))
    (when (file-readable-p frameg-file)
      (load-file frameg-file))))

;; Special work to do ONLY when there is a window system being used
(if window-system
    (progn
      (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'load-frameg)
      (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'save-frameg)))

Configuration (Steps)

Initial Emacs Configuration

~/.emacs.d/init.el

;; ~/.emacs.d/init.el
(require 'cl)
(require 'package) ;; You might already have this line
(add-to-list 'package-archives
             '("melpa" . "http://melpa.org/packages/") t)
(when (< emacs-major-version 24)
  ;; For important compatibility libraries like cl-lib
  (add-to-list 'package-archives '("gnu" . "http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))
(package-initialize) ;; You might already have this line

Install SLIME

• Execute in Emacs:

  M-x package-install RET slime RET

Append Emacs Configuration

~/.emacs.d/init.el

;; Setup load-path, autoloads and your lisp system
;; Not needed if you install SLIME via MELPA
;;(add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/slime")
(require 'slime-autoloads)
(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/bin/sbcl")

(slime-setup '(slime-fancy
               slime-xref-browser 
               slime-asdf 
               slime-banner 
               slime-repl 
               slime-indentation 
               slime-fuzzy 
               slime-autodoc 
               slime-presentations 
               slime-presentation-streams))

(setq backup-directory-alist `(("." . "~/.saves")))
(setq backup-by-copying t)

(tool-bar-mode -1)

Install Quicklisp

The only requirement for Quicklisp is that SBCL is installed (SBCL includes a sufficient ASDF version).

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

 $ sbcl --load quicklisp.lisp
 * (quicklisp-quickstart:install)
 * (ql:add-to-init-file)
 * (quit)

~/.sbclrc

;;; The following lines added by ql:add-to-init-file:
#-quicklisp
(let ((quicklisp-init (merge-pathnames "quicklisp/setup.lisp"
                                       (user-homedir-pathname))))
  (when (probe-file quicklisp-init)
    (load quicklisp-init)))

Allow Quicklisp/ASDF to find my source

~/.config/common-lisp/source-registry.conf.d/projects.conf

(:tree (:home "org.unaen.dev.src/lisp/"))