Show eval results using overlays

[bbatsov]

I might be a good idea to copy CIDER's behaviour for showing eval results. Right now we show them only in the minibuffer, but CIDER can show results in the minibuffer, inline using overlays, or at both places at the same time, which is pretty cool (and more consistent with "modern editors").

[stardiviner]

+1 , really great feature.

[jethrokuan]

If you could point me in the right direction, I'm happy to try and help. Is all the code for overlays in here?

[jethrokuan]

I'm gonna tackle this now

EDIT: I took a second look at CIDER, and it's more or less perfect now. No more injecting dependencies and middleware yourself. It Just Works. Gonna pull out of this challenge.

[bbatsov]

If someone is interested in working on this here are a few pointers - http://endlessparentheses.com/eval-result-overlays-in-emacs-lisp.html

[bbatsov]

On second thought - let's keep the scope of the project small.