connect to remote common lisp repl with sly/slime

<2023-06-14 Wed 17:21:49> mahmood
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assuming sbcl is installed on the destination server and the one to be used
  • start by installing quicklisp on the server
  • start the sbcl repl
  • install slynkswank for slyslime, respectively, (ql:quickload :slynk)
  • start the server with (slynk:create-server), the default port is 4005
  • create an ssh tunnel from local machine to remote machine using ssh -L4005:localhost:4005 <remote-machine-address>
  • connect from the local emacs instance to the remote common lisp swank instance using M-x sly-connect, with the destination being the server and the port being 4005
note that direct remote connections to swankslynk arent possible (by default) so we have to use an ssh tunnel (see https:
  1. lang.lisp.narkive.com
ze9FYwCl/how-to-connect-with-slime-to-remote-sbcl) a one-liner to start the slynk server: 
  sbcl --eval '(ql:quickload :slynk)' --eval '(slynk:create-server)'