User Intro

Install it from lighttable.com

http://www.lighttable.com/

First Clojure Eval

Start LightTable, and open a new file by pressing Ctrl-N

Set syntax to Clojure (Ctrl-Space to open the command bar, then type/select 'Set editor syntax', type/select Clojure)

type (+ 1 2) Ctrl-Enter (Cmd-Return on Mac)

This will tell LightTable to install dependencies. Then eval that expression.

Start an instarepl

Press Ctrl-Space to show the command bar, then type "repl" in the command search box, select one item to run it:

• Open a clojure instarepl
• Make current editor an instarepl

instarepl currently only works for clojure files (.clj).

User settings

You can access user settings by opening the Commands menu (Ctrl + Space) and typing Settings: . The following items should appear in the menu:

• Settings: User keymaps
• Settings: User behaviors
• Settings: Default keymaps
• Settings: Default behaviors
• Settings: Workspace behaviors

Additionally, you can access the same settings files directly by navigating to them in the following locations:

• Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/LightTable/User/
• Linux: ~/.config/LightTable/User/
• Windows: %APPDATALOCAL%/LightTable/User/

What next

You may want to

• Check the shortcuts. Type Ctrl-Space shortcut Enter

  The basic shortcuts

    Ctrl-W       close tab
    Ctrl-O       open file
    Ctrl-N       new file
    Ctrl-F       find
    Ctrl-Space   show command bar
    Cmd-digit   switch to the Nth tab (Ctrl-digit on Linux)
  

• To change various settings type Ctrl-Space Settings: User behaviors

  • Change a theme by editing the string theme name in (:lt.objs.style/set-theme "default") for example (:lt.objs.style/set-theme "ibdknox")
  • Try vim mode by adding (:lt.plugins.vim/activate-vim) (Note: The Vim plugin must be installed. See this article for details.)
  • Try emacs mode by adding (:lt.plugins.emacs/activate-emacs)
  • Contribute to this wiki page. Questions and updates welcome.