[slim-vim] some comments on ecl-slime, and Vim+ECL in general

[Daniel Trstenjak]

Hi Larry,

really nice work.   

On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 08:30:22AM -0400, Larry Clapp wrote:
> o What do you think about using some Emacs names for analogous
>   functionality?  e.g. (point) to get the current cursor position;
>   (save-excursion ...) to save the cursor position, run some code, and
>   restore the cursor position; and so forth?  It would allow us to
>   piggy-back on the design and documentation of Emacs (and maybe make
>   it easier and more attractive for Emacs hackers to use Vim+ECL).  On
>   the other hand, it might give Emacs hackers hacking Vim a false
>   sense of security -- maybe we should make a clean break?

Like Brad said, I would also take the vim terminology.
Again like Brad said, for the new stuff I would get
some inspiration from emacs, but not too much :).

> o Now that we have Vim7, and a small-but-usable (and easily
>   expandable) Vim FFI, maybe we should consider making small posts in
>   comp.editors and comp.emacs?  Speaking only for myself (and who else
>   would I speak for? ;), my goals have expanded from "Slime for Vim"
>   to "doing as much of my Vim customization & scripting in Lisp as
>   possible".  Emacs people (some of them) have long wanted an
>   Emacs-in-CL, and an Emacs-in-native-code (as opposed to
>   byte-compiled Elisp).  We have the seeds for both.

Perhaps you can show some deep in their hearts unlucky
emacs users the light.

Daniel