Re: newbie - elba/how do i run packages

[pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)]

brian <brw314@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am using GNU emacs 23 in cygwin. I dont have emacs-lisp
> background. I got as far as running the elpa script in the elisp
> window. 

What is the elpa script?
I launch cygwin/X and launch emacs-x11 from an xterm or from WindowMaker.


> The I can highlight and "I" a package, then hit "x" . Some
> packages seem to work, like "dictionary", however I want to try
> "slime"
>
> slime            20091016  installed     Superior Lisp Interaction
> Mode for Emac
>
> it says "no such file or directory"
>
> also do you know if xemacs is preferred in cywin?


I use emacs-x11 (version 23.0.92.1) too on cygwin.
Have you a (require 'slime) in ~/.emacs?

Here is my ~/.emacs, as you can see, I didn't set load-path, and
everything works as expected.


---(~/.emacs)-----------------------------------------------------------------

(custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.                                                                         
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.                                                      
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.                                                             
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.                                                                 
 '(eval-expression-print-length nil)
 '(eval-expression-print-level nil)
 '(gnus-select-method (quote (nntp "news.individual.net")))
 '(lisp-mode-hook (quote (paredit-mode slime-mode)))
 '(ps-header-lines 0)
 '(ps-print-header nil)
 '(slime-mode-hook (quote (slime-add-easy-menu slime-setup-first-change-hook))  t)
 '(slime-net-coding-system (quote utf-8-unix)))
(custom-set-faces
  ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.                                                                             
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.                                                      
  ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.                                                             
  ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.                                                                 
 )

(tool-bar-mode -1)
(menu-bar-mode -1)
(scroll-bar-mode -1)
(transient-mark-mode 1)

(require 'cl)

(when (<= 23 emacs-major-version)
  (require 'w3m-ems))
(require 'w3m)
(setf browse-url-browser-function 'w3m-browse-url)

(require 'erc)
(require 'paredit)
(require 'slime)
(setf inferior-lisp-program "/usr/bin/clisp.exe -q -Kfull+new-clx -E utf-8")

;; (x-list-fonts "-misc-fixed-*-*-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1")                                                    
;; (set-default-font  "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1")                                      
(set-default-font "-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-70-iso8859-1")

(when nil
  (progn (set-frame-height (first (frame-list)) 35)
         (set-frame-width (first (frame-list)) 140))
  )
(put 'erase-buffer 'disabled nil)

(require 'clhs)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-h y") 'common-lisp-hyperspec)
(setf common-lisp-hyperspec-root
      "file://opt/share/lisp/HyperSpec")

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