[slim-vim] Problem with :ecl in Vim-7.x

[Larry Clapp]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 12:56:04PM +0200, Mikael Jansson wrote:
> Running
> 
>    :ecl (format t "Hello, world!~%")
> 
> I get this:
> 
>    <ed>
>    !^A
> 
> I've tried extracting the ecl-specific bits out of the
> vim70/async/ecl tree and apply them onto Vim from CVS, so there's a
> high chance I did something wrong.  But, before trying to apply it
> all again, I'd like to know if this is something you've encountered
> earlier, and if so, how you solved it?

Doesn't ring a bell.  Works in my copy (last compiled circa January
2007):

  :ecl (format t "foo~%")
  ;;; Loading #P"/usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/if_ecl.lisp"
  foo

You need to make sure that *standard-output* is bound around any :ecl
call.  What you bind it to is an interesting question.  For debugging
I'd probably bind it to a global string-stream that I'd print out at
the end of the :ecl call.  For production, ideally you'd like a Grey
stream that prints to the vim output area.

Have you compiled the version of vim70+async+ecl from theclapp.org and
verified that it works?  That seems like a good debugging step.

-- Larry