A new version of the EncyCMUCLopedia (June 17, 2001) is now available. I
include below the README file, which explains what the EncyCMUCLopedia is
and provides instructions for getting and installing it, and the list of
changes since the previous version (March 29, 2001).
Paolo
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EncyCMUCLopedia
June 17, 2001
The EncyCMUCLopedia is an extensive collection of documents concerning CMU
Common Lisp (CMU CL):
http://www.cons.org/cmucl/
CMU CL is a free, high-quality ANSI Common Lisp system for Unix
workstations originally developed at the School of Computer Science of
Carnegie Mellon University.
The EncyCMUCLopedia packages in a single collection most of the existing
documentation on CMU CL. It also comes with an index, a sort of annotated
bibliography with comments and links to the actual documents.
The distribution of the EncyCMUCLopedia is available at:
http://cvs2.cons.org:8000/cmucl/doc/EncyCMUCLopedia/
and consists of a compressed archive whose name has the following
structure:
encycmuclopedia-yyyymmdd[d].tar.gz
encycmuclopedia-yyyymmdd[d].tar.bz2
where the date `yyyymmdd' provides version information and the optional `d'
character flags draft releases. The version with the `bz2' extension was
processed with the more space efficient bzip2 file compressor (see
http://sourceware.cygnus.com/bzip2/).
To install the EncyCMUCLopedia you need about 10MB of disk space. Just
extract the compressed archive in a suitable directory such as
/usr/local/lib/cmucl. Then open file index.html in doc, the top-level
directory of the distribution, with any Web browser. See the revision
history--there's a link at the top of the index--for a list of changes
since earlier versions. Also Check the index for copyright and licensing
information.
If you are just curious about what material is included in the
EncyCMUCLopedia, you may download only the index, which is separately
available as:
encycmucl-idx-yyyymmdd[d].tar.gz
encycmucl-idx-yyyymmdd[d].tar.bz2
at the above mentioned site. Note, however, that you have to download the
full distribution if you want to access the actual documents referenced in
the index.
Have (de)fun
Paolo Amoroso
<·······@mclink.it>
Milano, Italy
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---- Changes since the previous version ----------------------------------
New documents
* Porting SBCL to "new" architectures
Updated documents
* CMUCL User's Manual (previously titled CMU Common Lisp User's
Manual): updated distribution information, more user-oriented
Introduction section (historical information and credits moved to
the end of the section), removed obsolete information on Mach and
most references to the IBM RT, and other minor formatting changes.
* Design of the Common Lisp controller: added descriptions of the
install-defsystem, remove-defsystem and make-user-image commands,
with clarifications on which users should run which commands.
Removed documents
* Instance creation optimization: removed by request of the author
because it contained potentially misleading suggestions about the
use of undocumented PCL features.
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EncyCMUCLopedia * Extensive collection of CMU Common Lisp documentation
http://cvs2.cons.org:8000/cmucl/doc/EncyCMUCLopedia/