First you'll need to set the inferior-lisp-program variable. You can do this one of two ways:
Taken from An EMACS Primer
The following is a listing of a basic set of key bindings for the majority of common editing tasks.
Key --- C-X control X C-X F control X followed by F M-F meta F or Esc followed by F M-C-S hold down control + meta + S where Meta appears you can use ESC File Handling Searching ------------- --------- C-X C-F load a file C-S isearch-forward C-X C-S save file C-R isearch-backwards C-X C-C exit emacs M-C-S isearch-forward-regexp C-X C-R view a file M-C-R isearch-backward-regexp C-X C-W write file (specify filename) C-X C-Q toggle view mode C-X I insert-file C-X S prompt save all buffers C-X K kill-buffer (unload a file) C-X 4 f find-file-other-window C-X 4 r find-file-read-only-other-window Moving Around Replacing ------------- --------- C-n next-line (down-arrow) ESC-% query-replace C-p previous-line (up-arrow) query-replace-regexp C-f forward-char (right-arrow) C-b backward-char (left-arrow) Responses During Query Replace ------------------------------ ESC-f forward-word y replace this instance ESC-b backward-word n dont replace this one ! replace all remaining instances C-a beginning-of-line . replace this one and exit C-e end-of-line ^ back up to previous replacement C-R recursive edit ESC-a forward-sentence C-M-c exit recursive edit ESC-e backwards-sentence ? help q exit ESC-} forward-paragraph ESC-{ backwards-paragraph Cut Copy Paste -------------- ESC-< beginning-of-file C-SPC set-mark-command ESC-> end-of-file C-w kill-region C-y yank C-v scroll-up ESC-w kill-ring-save (copy-region-as-kill) ESC-v scroll-down C-X h mark whole file Window Management Changing Case ----------------- ------------- C-X 1 delete-other-windows ESC-C capitalise-word C-X 2 split-window-vertically ESC-U upcase-word C-X 3 split-window-horizontally ESC-L downcase-word C-X o select other window C-X C-U upcase-region C-X 0 delete this window C-X C-L downcase-region C-X b select behind window C-X C-B buffer-menu (? for help) Deleting Spell Checking -------- -------------- ESC-d kill-word M-x ispell-buffer ESC-DEL backward-kill-word M-$ ispell-word C-d delete-char i accept and insert into dictionary DEL backward-delete-char a accept for this session C-k kill-line SPC accept this once ESC-Z char zap-to-char r replace with typed in word C-R recursive edit C-M-c exit recursive edit x exit Miscellaneous Transpose ------------- --------- C-X u undo C-X C-T transpose-lines C-X m start mail M-T transpose-words C-C C-W load signature file C-C C-C send mail C-Z iconfify emacs window ESC= count-lines-region C-X ` next-error (parse compile errors) Moving Around Source Code Shell Commands ------------------------- -------------- C-M-F forward-brace ESC-! shell command to buffer (esc bang) C-M-B backward-brace ESC-| shell command on region (esc pipe) C-M-A forward-func ESC-x shell RET C-M-E backward-func (run a shell in a buffer)