Unable to boot cider off a fresh corgi install?

[shellandbull]

Expected behavior

Invoking cider-jack-in-clj to boot a cider server

Actual behavior

The error Symbol’s value as variable is void: cider-clojure-cli-parameters happens. Here's what I see on screen on debug mode

Steps to reproduce the problem

• Install emacs via homebrew
• Install Corgi https://github.com/corgi-emacs/corgi
• Open any .clj file
• Run the command cider-jack-in-clj

Environment & Version information

1,7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7

CIDER version information

CIDER 1.5.0-snapshot (package: 1.5.0-snapshot)

Lein / Clojure CLI version

Clojure CLI version 1.11.2.1446

Leiningen 2.11.2 on Java 21.0.2 OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM

💡 my project uses deps.edn

Emacs version

GNU Emacs 29.3
Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GNU Emacs comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
You may redistribute copies of GNU Emacs
under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.

Operating system

Macbook Sonoma 14.5

JDK distribution

openjdk version "1.8.0_292"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 1.8.0_292-b10)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (AdoptOpenJDK)(build 25.292-b10, mixed mode)

[vemv]

The variable was removed a few years ago

Removed cider-clojure-cli-parameters due to clojure-cli jack-in changes.

https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/blob/105da319b09a436552f1b3c6194cbbc833017dd2/CHANGELOG.md#110-2021-04-22

Feel free to continue the conversation - we'll be happy to assist.

[shellandbull]

@vemv thanks for the quick response! I guess a PR to corgi is somewhat overdue?

How can I fix this? the code fails exactly here

;; Most annoying JVM "feature" of all time
;; https://docs.cider.mx/cider/troubleshooting.html#empty-java-stacktraces
(defun corgi/around-cider-jack-in-global-options (command project-type)
  (if (eq 'clojure-cli project-type)
      (concat cider-clojure-cli-parameters
              " -J-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow")
    (funcall command project-type)))

[bbatsov]

Hmm, cider-clojure-cli-parameters still exists, so I'm a bit puzzled right now.

[bbatsov]

(defcustom cider-clojure-cli-parameters
  nil
  "Params passed to clojure cli to start an nREPL server via `cider-jack-in'."
  :type 'string
  :safe #'stringp
  :package-version '(cider . "1.8.0"))

What's your CIDER version?

[vemv]

Yes was looking at that, cider-clojure-cli-parameters was reintroduced in CIDER 1.8.0 🌀

[bbatsov]

Ah, seems the problem is the use of the ancient CIDER 1.5. An upgrade to a recent version will solve this.

[vemv]

corgi-packages depends on cider as of https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/commit/68974c9fb6ee6e95a4568c46a9c4371b24d2f0e9 which is definitely old

[shellandbull]

@vemv / @bbatsov thanks you both for being so quick - is it safe to say an upgrade to cider is long overdue?

EDIT: CIDER 1.5. is quoted as old but the most recent release is 1.14?? https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/releases/tag/v1.14.0

[bbatsov]

1.15

[shellandbull]

it was always 1.15

[shellandbull]

I reinstall the package and I can now boot a cider REPL

Syntax highlighting is gone and the error I get now is:

failed to define function cider--setup-menu-for-clojure-major-mode

[vemv]

Are you able to obtain a stacktrace?

You should by running M-x toggle-debug-on-error beforehand

[shellandbull]

It feels as if corgi needs some changes to accommodate new versions of cider? I only have about 2 weeks of experience with clojure so I'm finding this a bit hard to untangle

[vemv]

It looks like a good idea to bump clojure-mode as well - most likely it's old as well

After that, please quit emacs, remove all .elc file within your Emacs dir, retry

[shellandbull]

@vemv same error happens:

File mode specification error: (error Autoloading file /Users/xyzxyz/.emacs.corgi/straight/build/cider/cider-mode.elc failed to define function cider--setup-menu-for-clojure-major-mode) 

and in full:

[shellandbull]

https://github.com/clojure-emacs/cider/blob/105da319b09a436552f1b3c6194cbbc833017dd2/cider-mode.el#L552 the function seems to be real in this codebase

it looks like cider-mode succeeds when invoked

but invoking clojure-mode fails

[vemv]

If you're the first person to upgrade Corgi to use cider latest, you may be uncovering some sort of uncompatibility, IDK.

You may have luck asking about failed to define function errors in Clojurians Slack #emacs

[shellandbull]

@vemv I don't think I am specifying a newer version, I downloaded the software as-is. I might be luckier if I just ask other people with a non broken version of corgi what version of the packages they're using

[vemv]

Alright

btw although I sympathize with Corgi, if corgi-packages points at such old versions https://github.com/corgi-emacs/corgi-packages/blob/c0406ba6cf128e561b22e2c201801f8d59f8a66c/corgi-versions.el#L6 then it might be a hint that it's not as active as we'd wish.

I've had a good experience syncing changes with Doom folks

[shellandbull]

@vemv I started with spacemacs, it was too heavy and ate so much ram

I found corgi which seemed so much lighter and I was very happy with but it looks like every "flavour" of emacs has a different issue that requires manual fixing, to the point where I feel like giving up and just use python over clojure and a standard setup

[vemv]

Doom appears to have a focus on efficiency - I've heard good feedback from Clojure peers at workplaces or OSS teams, over the years.

Then there's @bbatsov's own Prelude, although less vim-y I think 😄

[shellandbull]

@vemv I know someone with corgi on their setup and its pretty fast/reusable. I'll ask them about versions and what not - could you please open an issue on corgi citing the stuff that needs updating? I'd do it myself but I can barely understand any of the code in this case

[vemv]

Sure, will cc/ you