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Lisp-in-a-box (or simply LispBox) is an packaged Lisp IDE/environment to help newbies get started.

The LispBox project provides a pre-configured GNU Emacs with SLIME, and the Clozure Common Lisp interpreter with QuickLisp installed.

It was started by Peter Seibel.

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Lisp In A Box - Why is it starting a server?

I've decided to get back into LISP (haven't used it since my AI classes) to get more comfortable with functional programming in general, so I downloaded Lisp In A Box (which we actually used in a previous class) which comes with CLISP and…
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How to change emacs config in Lisp In A Box

I have been a programmer for a decade now, but I believe this is the first time I've ever asked a question on a forum. I just can't figure this out and can't find the answer already online. I am trying to turn on CUA mode so that emacs is more…
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How to debug LISP compiler errors in LispBox?

I have installed LispBox on Windows and it's running great. I do however have some trouble with debugging code : when I try and compile code and it contains an error such as a syntax error, the error message output (printed below) is not very…
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How can I get aserve installed on my mac and load it within lispbox-0.7?

I am on Chapter 26 of "Practical Common Lisp" (excellent book). I am trying to get to this, downloaded from https://github.com/Apress/practical-common-lisp: CL-USER> (defpackage :com.gigamonkeys.web (:use :cl :net.aserve…
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Change default save folder in LispBox

So I've finally decided to learn Lisp. I'm reading Practical Common Lisp and I'm using Lispbox (not the one the book recommends - it's no longer available, but it seems this is suitable nonetheless). So far in my career I have managed to avoid…
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