Brian Downing  <see-signature@lavos.net> wrote:
+---------------
| * Running the Lisp image in screen(1) or attachtty(1).  ...
| * Load Swank in the image ...
| * Roll your own method of injecting commands.
|   There are myriad ways this could be done.
+---------------

Various implementations may provide something useful,
e.g., CMUCL provides MP::START-LISP-CONNECTION-LISTENER:

    > (describe 'mp::start-lisp-connection-listener)
    START-LISP-CONNECTION-LISTENER is an internal symbol in the
       MULTIPROCESSING package.
    ...
    Function arguments:
      (&key (port 1025) (password (random (expt 2 24))))
    Function documentation:
      Create a Lisp connection listener, listening on a TCP port for new
      connections and starting a new top-level loop for each. If a password
      is not given then one will be generated and reported.  A search is
      performed for the first free port starting at the given port which
      defaults to 1025.
    ...
    > (mp::start-lisp-connection-listener :password "foobar")

    #<Process Anonymous {489C2AB5}>
    ;;; Started lisp connection listener on port 1025 with password foobar
    > (defun foo (x) (+ x 37))
    FOO
    > 

Then in another window [note that the password is read with the
Lisp reader, so in this case we must type the string quotes, too]:

    $ telnet localhost 1025
    Trying 127.0.0.1...
    Connected to localhost.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    Enter password: "foobar"

    > (foo 10)

    47
    > ^]
    telnet> q
    Connection closed.
    $ 


-Rob

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