sb-readline

sb-readline implements GNU readline support (including command line editing, history, and so forth) for SBCL. This can be useful during Lisp development, as it allows Lisp users to have editing and history at the SBCL command prompt.

Warning: Broken link! Download ASDF package from http://www.caddr.com/lisp/sb-readline/sb-readline-0.1.tar.gz

The SBCL train has moved on...

; compiling (IN-PACKAGE :READLINE)
; compiling (LOAD-1-FOREIGN "/lib/libncurses.so")
debugger invoked on a SB-INT:UNSUPPORTED-OPERATOR:
  LOAD-1-FOREIGN is unsupported as of SBCL 0.8.13. Please use LOAD-SHARED-OBJECT.

So make a change in sb-readline.lisp.

Change

(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
  (load-1-foreign "/lib/libncurses.so")
  (load-1-foreign "/lib/libreadline.so"))

Into

(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
  (load-shared-object "/usr/lib/libncurses.so")
  (load-shared-object "/usr/lib/libreadline.so"))

You might want to check out linedit.

I've found rlwrap to be a very nice option. (Michael)

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