From: Richard Harris
Subject: A new PCL and other stuff
Date:
Message-ID: <p6fv7gf@rpi.edu>
If you use AKCL, or you use X but your lisp does not have a graphical inspecter,
or you use PCL and don't like waiting for the compiler at run-time,
then you might find the following stuff useful:
The file parcftp.xerox.com:pub/pcl/March-92-systems.tar.Z contains
March 92 PCL (2) as well as several other systems: CLX for X11R5,
conditions (based on Kent Pitman's cond18.lisp; most of this is loaded only in KCL),
and an extensible inspector that supports multiple views of objects.
These systems are easily installable: all you need to do to compile and load
everything (if you are using Lucid CL or Allegro CL or AKCL) is load the top-level
file system.lisp (it would probably work better if you start with a lisp that
does not already have these systems loaded). If you are using CMU CL, you need
to edit the top level file init.lisp and load that. The tools subdirectory is
for CMU CL users who want to save a world with all these systems in it.
There is also a file containing notes on how to use clue and clio with
March 92 PCL.
I have tested March-92-systems in Lucid's Sun Common Lisp version
4.0.1, CMU CL version 15e, and AKCL 609.
[The test that I use is:
(1) start up X somehow, and be sure the DISPLAY environment variable is set.
(2) start lisp and load everything (by loading the file "system" or the file "init").
(I ususally save the lisp image at this point.)
(3) type: (inspect 'x), and try things a while.]
Richard Harris