8.7 slime-autodoc-mode

Autodoc mode is an additional minor-mode for automatically showing information about symbols near the point. For function names the argument list is displayed, and for global variables, the value. Autodoc is implemented by means of eldoc-mode of Emacs.

The mode can be enabled by default in the slime-setup call of your ~/.emacs:

     (slime-setup '(slime-autodoc))

M-x slime-arglist NAME

Show the argument list of the function NAME.

M-x slime-autodoc-mode

Toggles autodoc-mode on or off according to the argument, and toggles the mode when invoked without argument.

If the variable slime-use-autodoc-mode is set (default), Emacs starts a timer, otherwise the information is only displayed after pressing SPC.