| SBCL REPL cannot do this on xterm, it needs a proper hosting REPL environment like SLIME, which is no wonder, given how Emacs came to be and the interaction with genera. Inline graphics from 1981, https://youtu.be/o4-YnLpLgtk?t=376Or Or using S-PACKAGE used to develop Nintendo 64. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV5obrYaogU You are missing integration with live debugging, calling anything on the OS during a REPL session, e.g. OS APIs, calling into automation points of the OS, Can try out directly on the browser, courtesy of WebAssembly and recovery of Xerox PARC software, https://interlisp.org. Or get either Squeak or Pharo, and see how using the Transcript integrates with the whole platform Windows, with either PowerShell ISE, or its new VSCode integration, are the closest to these kind of experiences. To finalise with Xerox PARC view on UNIX, from 1989 "UNIX Needs A True Integrated Environment: CASE Closed" https://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/parc/techReports/CSL-89-... |