2011/4/27 John V <johnv02...@gmail.com>:
> Hi, I would like to have syntax highlighting for Clojure code in
> Emacs.  I am using Emacs on Windows (23.2.1).  I found this page:
>
> http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Getting+Started+with+Emacs
>
> ... but it was clearly much more involved than I was looking for.
> Nevertheless, I downloaded package.el, loaded it, set the location for
> "marmalade", and gave it a shot, but as expected, it didn't work.  It
> said, "Failed to download 'gnu' archive."
>
> I would like to use Emacs as a text editor, not as a combination IDE/
> ftp browser.  Is there a clojure mode written which is simple to
> download and use?
>
> I used ILISP for many years, and I've encountered SLIME when I was
> using SBCL, but never got it working properly on Windows.  I know how
> cool and powerful an integrated environment like ILISP can be, but
> also how buggy it can be, and at the moment, I just don't think it's
> worth the effort to get it working.  For now, I prefer to run Clojure
> in a Command Prompt, and use Emacs solely as a text editor.
>
> Thanks very much for any advice.

If you are only interested in the editing features, you just need
clojure-mode. You can get it directly at:

https://github.com/technomancy/clojure-mode

// raek

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