On Aug 10, 2:19 pm, Mike Meyer <mwm-keyword-googlegroups. 620...@mired.org> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:57:02 -0700 (PDT) > > Alexis Rondeau <alexis.rond...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What I would like to do is to enable clojure-mode when I get my REPL > > (connected either via swank-clojure-project or lein swank/M-x slime- > > connect) but whenever I do M-x clojure-mode, the REPL stops (I think) > > evaluating. While the syntax highlighting does take effect, writing an > > expression and pressing Enter yields nothing. The message I get is > > 'Buffer is read-only". > > I think you're wanting something that's not possible. Not very > desirable, for that matter. > > The repl buffer is a nice tool for communicating with a running > clojure, so it binds Enter to slime-repl-return, which evaluates the > current input string. clojure-mode is meant for editing clojure code, > so it binds Enter to newline-and-indent-relative, to make it easy to > type the next line in your clojure program. Turning on clojure-mode in > the repl rebinds Enter (and probably other things), thus breaking them > in the repl. > > While you could write a mode that did what you want, I don't think > anyone has done it yet. The issue is that code you edit in the repl > isn't saved anywhere if the repl exits. Normally, you create a file > for your clojure code, and edit that in clojure mode. That gives you > commands to send functions (and etc.) to the repl so you can test > them. >
I hadn't thought about my problem this way, thank you very much. I do think for a beginner the repl is just so attractive because of the immediate feedback loop. And syntax highlighting, while it's of course possible without, helps me as a beginner making sense of learning syntax. But, yes, totally: If I were to go from personal experimentation-mode (in the repl) to an actual project, I do want to write to file instead. > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <m...@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/consulting.html > Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information. > > O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail -www.asciiribbon.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
