(in-package :foo) not honored

[snunez1]

If I execute the in-package function from the REPL the output suggests that the function successfully ran, however the package change never happens.

Also, it would be nice, once this is working, to change the REPL prompt to the new package name.

[JoelHobson]

I'm running into this as well, is there a workaround?

[JoelHobson]

Possibly important: Running (in-package ...) in the repl does not appear to change the value of *package* (which isn't surprising, but I thought it was worth pointing out).

I've found a solution for my needs though: To change the active package in the REPL, you can click on the name of the currently active package (the text that says "cl-user" in the attached screenshot).

This will open a dropdown at the top of VSCode allowing you to select a new package:

Find the package you want and click it, and the REPL prompt will move into that package.

Unless I missed it, I don't see this functionality documented in the readme, I figured it out by looking at the extension source. As someone attempting to learn CL, not knowing I could do this was a bit of a roadblock for me.