In emacs, how do I bind C-l to clear screen in slime?

Question

Is there a way to bind C-l in SLIME to clear the screen?

Thank you!

Answer 1

What you probably want is slime-repl-clear-buffer, which is by default bound to C-c M-o. You can bind the function on the Slime REPL buffer in the normal way, for example

(local-set-key [(control l)] 'slime-repl-clear-buffer)

Answer 2

@nosefouratyou the problem with the add-hook was that you need to add it to the 'slime-repl-mode-hook instead of 'slime-mode-hook:

(defun my-slime-keybindings ()
  "For use in `slime-mode-hook' and 'slime-repl-mode-hook."
  (local-set-key (kbd "C-l") 'slime-repl-clear-buffer))

(add-hook 'slime-mode-hook      #'my-slime-keybindings)
(add-hook 'slime-repl-mode-hook #'my-slime-keybindings)