23:08:49kagevfyottabyte: chiming in belatedly regarding packages - you could do a split with C-x 2 with one split being the top of your file and the other being where you're currently working. Having said that, though, from what I've observed, it's more common to put DEFPACKAGE into a separate file, such as "package.lisp". You could still use the screen split for that too, of course.
3:30:57beachowen: We are (slowly) working on something you might call an IDE, but it is still going to take some time before it is usable.
3:35:41beachscymtym: I see Second Climacs as only one component of an IDE. There also needs to be a backtrace inspector, a debugger, and Clouseau of course.