title: I can't set-up and configure Common LISP (SBCL) on Windows
body: <p>I want to run common lisp (SBCL) on windows but I can't.
  I am a novice and this is the first time I've tried to
  run lisp and I've tried according to the instruction the
  following link has given;
  <a href="http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/installing-sbcl-emacs-and-slime-on-windows-xp/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/installing-sbcl-emacs-and-slime-on-windows-xp/</a></p>
  
  <p>I downloaded the staff and installed accordingly
  and here is my directory tree after installation:</p>
  
  <p>Two directories in C:\home - bin, usr.</p>
  
  <p>In bin dir;</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\home\bin\emacs\site-lisp\slime
  C:\home\bin\SBCL-1.0.13\
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and four empty directories: doc, info, lisp, site
  in c:\home\usr </p>
  
  <p>My path is; </p>
  
  <pre><code>PATH      C:\home\bin\SBCL-1.0.13\;C:\home\bin\emacs\bin\;
  SBCL_HOME C:\home\bin\SBCL-1.0.13\
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>According to the instruction, I've created 
  and placed a file, site-start.el like; 
  C:\home\bin\emacs\site-lisp\site-start.el</p>
  
  <p>site-start.el contains the following line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>(setenv "HOME" "C:/home/")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Created another file, .emacs which contains the following; </p>
  
  <pre><code>(setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl")
  (add-to-list 'load-path "c:/home/bin/emacs/site-lisp/slime/")
  (require 'slime)
  (slime-setup)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and it's been automatically saved in C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application data\
  when I used <kbd>Ctrl x</kbd> <kbd>Ctrl s</kbd> to save it.</p>
  
  <p>When I invoke emacs by typing c:\home\bin\emacs\bin\emacs.exe,
  Emacs appears and when I type <kbd>Esc</kbd> -, the prompt "<strong>M-x</strong>" appears at the bottom and when I type slime by M-x, it says no match like the following; "M-x slime <strong>[No match]</strong>".</p>
  
  <p>Please tell me how I can invoke proper lisp environment
  and execute simple lisp code like (+ 2 2) to see the result.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you.</p>