Hexstream/clhs — Issue #1: Make CLHS relocatable
Author: Hexstream
Created: 2012-02-21 00:09:40+00:00
State: open

I'll need to give some thought to this. Meanwhile, creating an Issue is not a bad start. :)

> (06:47:03 PM) Xach: Hexstream: i tried out clhs this weekend when traveling with spotty internet access
(06:47:29 PM) Hexstream: Xach: Did you have a pleasing experience?
(06:47:55 PM) Xach: Mostly. The direct reference to the software location troubled me a bit. It might be better to indirect through the installed/projects/clhs.txt file.
(06:48:02 PM) Xach: A la quicklisp-slime-helper.
(06:48:14 PM) Xach: There was a code suggestion I had but it has temporarily slipped my mind.
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(06:54:54 PM) Xach: Hexstream: if you update clhs, the path changes from .../software/clhs-201202xx-git/ to .../clhs-201203xx-git/ and your emacs setup breaks
(06:55:33 PM) Xach: Hexstream: but ~/quicklisp/dist/quicklisp/installed/releases/clhs.txt will always point to the latest installed version
(06:55:35 PM) Hexstream: Xach: Oh. That's an issue.
(06:56:39 PM) Xach: Hexstream: quicklisp-slime-helper puts a file in ~/quicklisp/slime-helper.el that peeks slime's file
(06:59:01 PM) Hexstream: Xach: Alright, uh, I can't seem to think straight. I'll need some time to digest this.
(07:00:22 PM) Hexstream: My first intuition is that Quicklisp could somehow help with this class of problems with a simple API, but I have no idea what it should be right now.
(07:07:31 PM) Xach: Hexstream: could be