Development inside of Emacs using DIME

We have implemented a Dylan backend for DIME using the Open Dylan environment-protocols API to ease development of Dylan code on UNIX. At present, cross references, locating definitions, retrieving argument lists, compiling, warning reports and a class browser are implemented.

When successfully installed, just run M-x dime to get a shell. This is the same as the dylan-compiler shell, you can also use the same commands.

When you program and hit ( or , or (space), you get the argument list of the method you are calling.

M-x dime-dylan-browse-superclasses will show the superclass hierarchy of the current class. M-x dime-dylan-browse-subclasses displays the subclass hierarchy.

Keyboard shortcut	Effect
M-x dime	start dime
, change-project	select project (in the repl buffer)
M-.	jump to definition
M-,	jump backwards
C-c C-k	compile project
C-c C-w C-a	who specializes?
C-c C-w C-r	who references?
C-c C-w C-b	who binds?
C-c C-w C-c	who calls?

Dswank uses the Open Dylan project registry, so make sure OPEN_DYLAN_USER_REGISTRIES is set properly before starting Emacs.

DIME is a fork of SLIME.

Installation

You need the following pieces:

• dylan-mode, and extend your ~/.emacs as documented in the README

• dswank itself is shipped with the 2011.1 release