slime-doc-contribs vs docbrowser

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slime-doc-contribs		docbrowser
	Project
5	Mentions	3
19	Stars	15
-	Growth	-
5.6	Activity	0.0
11 months ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
Emacs Lisp	Language	HTML
-	License	-

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slime-doc-contribs

Posts with mentions or reviews of slime-doc-contribs. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-19.

Does Common Lisp or CLOS have some library or facility that provides the easy access to an object's methods and properties that Smalltalk does?
6 projects | /r/lisp | 19 Jul 2022

related: slime-doc-contribs https://github.com/mmontone/slime-doc-contribs/ to enhance the Slime help buffer about symbols, so it eases discoverability.
Is there a package like helpful for Common Lisp editing in emacs?
2 projects | /r/lisp | 11 May 2022

yes! https://github.com/mmontone/slime-doc-contribs
Smalltalk-like browser for Common Lisp
1 project | /r/lisp | 27 Jul 2021

I would say not very much. The Emacs packages I've developed (slime-doc-contribs and this), all use this DEF-PROPERTIES module that is accessed via SWANK for reflection on CL definitions.
slime-doc-contribs: Documentation contribs for SLIME (the Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for Emacs)
1 project | /r/planetemacs | 5 May 2021
slime-doc-contribs: Fancier SLIME documentation buffers
1 project | /r/lisp | 24 Apr 2021

docbrowser

Posts with mentions or reviews of docbrowser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-31.

How do you list which symbols are available for a particular package?
3 projects | /r/lisp | 31 Jul 2022

New-ish projects give you a GUI to browse packages and their symbols (functions, macros, variables): https://github.com/mmontone/cl-livedocs, https://github.com/lokedhs/docbrowser, https://github.com/mmontone/lisp-system-browser
Does Common Lisp or CLOS have some library or facility that provides the easy access to an object's methods and properties that Smalltalk does?
6 projects | /r/lisp | 19 Jul 2022

Also https://github.com/mmontone/cl-livedocs might help (start a local server and view all packages, classes, functions, variables… of the current image. With full text search. (also docbrowser)
How to improve help in SLY/SLIME?
4 projects | /r/Common_Lisp | 26 Mar 2021

You are describing docbrowser! https://github.com/lokedhs/docbrowser

What are some alternatives?

When comparing slime-doc-contribs and docbrowser you can also consider the following projects:

emacs-checksum - Checksum Utility inside Emacs. Powered by Ironclad.

montezuma - Full-text indexing and search for Common Lisp

smartparens - Minor mode for Emacs that deals with parens pairs and tries to be smart about it.

mgl-pax - Documentation system, browser, generator.

colisper - Check and transform Lisp code with Comby (beta)

clus-data - Data for Common Lisp UltraSpec - http://phoe.tymoon.eu/clus/

slime-critic - SLIME extension for Lisp Critic

cl-livedocs - Live web documentation browser for Common Lisp. Based on Webinfo project.

emacs4cl - A tiny DIY kit to set up vanilla Emacs for Common Lisp programming

nano-emacs - GNU Emacs / N Λ N O - Emacs made simple

doc-sle - Official SUSE Linux Enterprise Documentation [Everyone, please use feature/ branches, create PRs and ensure CI runs successfully rather than just pushing to main!]