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title: rlwrapping sbcl
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tags: sbcl, lisp, utility
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date: 2013-10-06 13:02
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format: md
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[SBCL](http://sbcl.org) is an excellent lisp implementation. The only
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thing that's not so nice about it is overly simple command-line
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interface. The absence of `<UP>`, `C-a`, `M-b`, etc. can be annoying,
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even though I only occasionally use SBCL directly.
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I have 3 solutions to this problem now:
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- Use [SLIME](http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/), which is what I
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do most of the time, but sometimes this isn't practical.
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- Use [Linedit](http://common-lisp.net/project/linedit/). I tried
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this, and it was cool. But somehow I broke it and now I can't get it
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to work.
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- Use [rlwrap](http://utopia.knoware.nl/~hlub/uck/rlwrap/#rlwrap).
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This requires you to either always invoke SBCL as `rlwrap sbcl` or
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create an alias for it. This works very well too, is very simple and
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doesn't noticeably increase start-up time.
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