The name is confusing. Vim-slime does not speak the swank protocol. But another plugin for vim, called slimv, does. You could also use slime in vim with a rube

The name is confusing. Vim-slime does not speak the swank protocol. But another plugin for vim, called slimv, does. You could also use slime in vim with a rube-goldberg-esque combination of eclim (http://http://eclim.org/ http://http://eclim.org/) and CUSP (http://www.bitfauna.com/projects/cusp/cusp.htm http://www.bitfauna.com/projects/cusp/cusp.htm).