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"Lem is the editor/IDE well-tuned for Common Lisp. [...] If you come from Emacs or Vim, you will feel right at home." https://lem-project.github.io/ https://le

"Lem is the editor/IDE well-tuned for Common Lisp. [...] If you come from Emacs or Vim, you will feel right at home." https://lem-project.github.io/ https://lem-project.github.io/

medo-bear 2y ago
I'm curious, how does Lem compare to Emacs as a common lisp ide?
- vindarel 2y ago
  It compares pretty well: it has all the essential features, and some more. It only lacks a couple keybindings in my eyes (shortcut to call the function at point in the REPL, shortcut to "change-package" from a lisp file). It has: - the interactive debugger - the Lisp REPL - so we can have a full-featured Lisp REPL on the terminal with: alias ilem='lem --eval "(lem-lisp-mode:start-lisp-repl t)"' - the same compilation, evaluation, code navigation keybindings and error reporting some more: - when we evaluate an expression, it will show a loading spinner during that time and then the result in an overlay. - a "watch" command that shows results in the overlay too https://lem-project.github.io/usage/common_lisp/#watch https://lem-project.github.io/usage/common_lisp/#watch Overall, Lem has: - a built-in LSP client that is known to work with other languages (and syntax highlighting for many languages) - some tools, still more rudimentary than Emacs: directory mode, find file in project, project tree side view, Git tool (shows status, does interactive rebase)… - it is in the process of having co-editing in Lem itself. The developer(s) are beta-testing a collaborative web-based version of Lem: https://github.com/sponsors/cxxxr https://github.com/sponsors/cxxxr Lem has ncurses and SDL2 interfaces. https://lem-project.github.io/usage/usage/ https://lem-project.github.io/usage/usage/
- alt0_ 2y ago
  It's pretty raw and buggy still, but if you're already a cl hacker, you'll certainly enjoy it. It is missing most useful Emacs features but also seems to have some of it's own, particularly for CL.

"Lem is the editor/IDE well-tuned for Common Lisp. [...] If you come from Emacs or Vim, you will feel right at home." https://lem-project.github.io/ https://lem-project.github.io/

medo-bear 2y ago

I'm curious, how does Lem compare to Emacs as a common lisp ide?

vindarel 2y ago
It compares pretty well: it has all the essential features, and some more. It only lacks a couple keybindings in my eyes (shortcut to call the function at point in the REPL, shortcut to "change-package" from a lisp file). It has: - the interactive debugger - the Lisp REPL - so we can have a full-featured Lisp REPL on the terminal with: alias ilem='lem --eval "(lem-lisp-mode:start-lisp-repl t)"' - the same compilation, evaluation, code navigation keybindings and error reporting some more: - when we evaluate an expression, it will show a loading spinner during that time and then the result in an overlay. - a "watch" command that shows results in the overlay too https://lem-project.github.io/usage/common_lisp/#watch https://lem-project.github.io/usage/common_lisp/#watch Overall, Lem has: - a built-in LSP client that is known to work with other languages (and syntax highlighting for many languages) - some tools, still more rudimentary than Emacs: directory mode, find file in project, project tree side view, Git tool (shows status, does interactive rebase)… - it is in the process of having co-editing in Lem itself. The developer(s) are beta-testing a collaborative web-based version of Lem: https://github.com/sponsors/cxxxr https://github.com/sponsors/cxxxr Lem has ncurses and SDL2 interfaces. https://lem-project.github.io/usage/usage/ https://lem-project.github.io/usage/usage/
alt0_ 2y ago
It's pretty raw and buggy still, but if you're already a cl hacker, you'll certainly enjoy it. It is missing most useful Emacs features but also seems to have some of it's own, particularly for CL.