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From: hall@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall)
Subject: Re: Anyone using LEP ?
Message-ID: <Cx5wL6.IA5@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>
Organization: JHU/APL AI Lab, Hopkins P/T CS Faculty
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 18:55:54 GMT
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In article <781290313snx@sccomp.UUCP> luke@sccomp.UUCP writes:
>Is anyone using LEP ?  (connect emacs to lisp system)

I use ILISP instead of LEP, and have grown quite attached to it. ILISP
comes bundled with Xemacs (Lucid Emacs), and is VERY easy to use. In
many cases you just do (require 'ilisp) [or an equivalent autoload],
then m-x (lucid) or m-x (allegro). At most you need to recompile the
.lisp file appropriate to your Lisp implementation.

>I wonder if it is possible to do an eval-buffer and compile-buffer
>in EMACS and using the installed lisp interpreter instead of
>the internal emacs interpreter.

ILISP defines all kinds of commands to compile a function, load and/or
compile the buffer, find the source code for a given function name,
show the arglist, show the doc string, macroexpand a form, etc. I have
a simple .el file that sets up the autoloads for ILISP, and then
put all the most common commands on a "Lisp" menu on the top menubar
in Xemacs. I'd be happy to send it to anyone interested.

						- Marty
(proclaim '(inline skates))
