Raek, thanks for taking the time to write this detailed explanation. The alter-var-root works like a charm and I think I understand how bound-fn would behave here.
For the case where you are using an existing java class that spawns a thread, it seems to me that only alter-var-root would work since there wouldn't be a way to use bound-fn at thread creation. Am I overlooking something? hhh On Nov 21, 7:05 am, Rasmus Svensson <r...@lysator.liu.se> wrote: > 2010/11/21 HiHeelHottie <hiheelhot...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Does anybody know how to redirect the output into the repl? > > Thread local bindings are not passed on to new threads. Since you > might have multiple connections to the swank server, there might me > multiple repls, each one with their own *out*. Most often though, you > only have one connection and in that case one option is to set the > root binding for *out* (which is the default value to use, if it > hasn't been overridden in the thread) to the stream connected to the > emacs buffer: > > (alter-var-root #'*out* (constantly *out*)) > > You should evaluate this in the repl where you want the output. > > Another more general approach is to let the body of the new thread > inherit the bindings of the parent thread. This is done by bound-fn, > which has the same syntax as fn. The result of that call will be a fn, > whose body is evaluated with the same thread local bindings as the > parent thread. The thread where the bound-fn call is evaluated in is > the one from which bound-fn remembers its bindings. > > In your case, the code would look like this (I took the liberty of > rearranging it a bit): > > (def my-thread > (doto (Thread. (bound-fn [] (println "inside thread"))) > .start)) > > Regarding the *inferior lisp* buffer: It is where the "master" repl > will be if you start the Clojure process from within Emacs. If you > start it with lein/cake swank (which seems to be the preferred > approach nowadays), the terminal where you ran that command will play > the same role (as you already noticed). > > I hope this answers your question... > > // raek -- 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
