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Peter Keller <psilord@cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using emacs 22.2.1 with a slime 2010-12-10. Whenever I type M-.
> expecting to be taken to the definition of something, I get "No known
> definition for X (in :<package-name>)". 
> 
> I've read a bit of the slime manual, but it just implies that this is 
> "just supposed to work". How do I configure where SLIME looks for things?

I updated to the most current SLIME from the repo as of yesterday. I
still get the problem of M-. never finding any definitions. Is there
any more information I should relate that will help narrow down
the problem?

The SLIME Manual doesn't seem to help out in this case.

Thank you.

-pete