How to setup SBCL+Emacs+SLIME on Mac OS X

Setting up an IDE.

We are installing the following set:

• SBCL 1.0.29
• Emacs (Carbon Emacs Package 2010)
  
  • Emacs Starter Kit
• SLIME

Step by step:

• SBCL
  
  • Download the latest SBCL for Mac OS X and install it to the user directory as stated in readme.
  • To set up a SBCL: You should have a "Property editor" from Xcode. Create a variable called SBCL_HOME with value /Users/user/lib/sbcl in the file ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist. Yes, "user" should be replaced with your account name.
    
• Emacs:
  
  • download the Emacs, install.
  • install the Emacs Starter Kit in folder ~/.emacs.d/ (for me it was /Users/user/.emacs.d/).
• SLIME:
  
  • download and install SLIME to ~/.emacs.d/slime/
  • in folder ~/.emacs.d/ create the file ~/.emacs.d/user.el (for you it would be the name of your account, not "user" as for me).
    The contents of the file starts everything that is necessary for current user:
    ;; SLIME setup:
    (add-to-list ‘load-path "~/.emacs.d/slime")
    (add-to-list ‘load-path "~/.emacs.d/slime/contrib")
    (setq slime-backend "~/.emacs.d/slime/swank-loader.lisp")
    (load "slime-autoloads")
    (require ‘slime)
    (require ‘slime-autoloads)
    (eval-after-load "slime"
    `(progn
    (slime-setup ‘(slime-repl))
    (custom-set-variables
    ‘(inhibit-splash-screen t)
    ‘(slime-complete-symbol*-fancy t)
    ‘(slime-complete-symbol-function ‘slime-fuzzy-complete-symbol)
    ‘(slime-net-coding-system ‘utf-8-unix)
    ‘(slime-startup-animation nil)
    ‘(slime-lisp-implementations ‘((sbcl ("/Users/user/bin/sbcl")))))))
    ;; Stop SLIME’s REPL from grabbing DEL,
    ;; which is annoying when backspacing over a ‘(‘
    (defun override-slime-repl-bindings-with-paredit ()
    (define-key slime-repl-mode-map
    (read-kbd-macro paredit-backward-delete-key) nil))
    (add-hook ‘slime-repl-mode-hook ‘override-slime-repl-bindings-with-paredit)
    ;; User’s stuff:
    (zenburn)
    (slime)
    

Now Emacs+SLIME+SBCL are installed and set.