I am trying to use XEmacs 21.4 with GNU Clisp 2.32 and Ilisp 5.12.0 on
a Windows XP SP1 machine. I am new to all of these products (except
WinXP) and have just begun the process of learning lisp. Clisp seems
to work fine (I have been able to enter the REPL and successfully use
it), XEmacs seems to work (I have used it to edit files), and WinXP is
working as well as can be expected. :) My problem is in getting Ilisp
to work as the go between for XEmacs and Clisp. I have followed the
instructions for installing Ilisp (I think correctly) but it is not
working fully. When I open a .lsp file and type M-x ilisp-mode and
then type clisp for the dialect I get the following:
-------- Begin Output ----------
Starting C:/clisp/lisp.exe -I -B C:/clisp/ -M
C:/clisp/base/lispinit.mem ...
i i i i i i i ooooo o ooooooo ooooo ooooo
I I I I I I I 8 8 8 8 8 o 8 8
I \ `+' / I 8 8 8 8 8 8
\ `-+-' / 8 8 8 ooooo 8oooo
`-__|__-' 8 8 8 8 8
| 8 o 8 8 o 8 8
------+------ ooooo 8oooooo ooo8ooo ooooo 8
Copyright (c) Bruno Haible, Michael Stoll 1992, 1993
Copyright (c) Bruno Haible, Marcus Daniels 1994-1997
Copyright (c) Bruno Haible, Pierpaolo Bernardi, Sam Steingold 1998
Copyright (c) Bruno Haible, Sam Steingold 1999-2003
[1]>
[2]> ;;; Loading c:\Program
Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\ilisp\ilisp-pkg.fas
*** - LOAD: A file with name C:Program
FilesXEmacsxemacs-packageslispilispilisp-pkg.fas does not exist
Break 1 [6]> ;;; Loading c:\Program
Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\ilisp\cl-ilisp.lisp
*** - LOAD: A file with name C:Program
FilesXEmacsxemacs-packageslispilispcl-ilisp.lisp does not exist
Break 1 [8]> ;;; Loading c:\Program
Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\ilisp\cl-chs-init.lisp
*** - LOAD: A file with name C:Program
FilesXEmacsxemacs-packageslispilispcl-chs-init.lisp does not exist
Break 2 [9]>
-------- End Output ----------
At this point XEmacs stops responding, but will sometimes eventually
start responding again (otherwise it has to be End Tasked). It seems
to be a problem with the paths (they appear to have their slashes
missing in the error messages). The paths that I supplied in the
configuration files DO seem work to some degree because the clisp
executable is found and run (I know this because its copyright
information is displayed), and ilisp has been started (which I know
because, among other things, I get an Ilisp menu when I right click).
This said, there is still something wrong, seemingly with the paths,
the way I supplied them, or perhaps the way ilisp sends them to clisp,
etc. I supply the paths in my configuration files using forward
slashes (i.e. "C:/Program Files/XEmacs/xemacs-packages/lisp/ilisp/"
and "C:/clisp/lisp.exe -I -B C:/clisp/ -M
C:/clisp/base/lispinit.mem").
I have searched various groups on google pertaining to emacs, xemacs,
and lisp, I have searched the internet in general, and I have searched
the documentation of the relevant programs. I have found posts on the
google groups from people with the same problem I am having, though
these posts either do not have reply posts with answers, or have
answers that have not helped me. I have tried to apply the few answers
that are supplied without success (I may have not have applied them
correctly).
I would appreciate help from anyone with germane information and has
it in their heart to try to help me :) When responding, please keep in
mind that I am new to this software. Any example code or links to
further information would be great. Also, please tell me if there is
any information (i.e. contents of configuration files) that I have not
posted but would be helpful to have in solving this problem. If this
is not the appropriate place for this post, please tell me. Thanks in
advance.
From: Joe Marshall
Subject: Re: XEmacs + Ilisp + Clisp on Windows XP
Date:
Message-ID: <65ek5u3v.fsf@comcast.net>
·········@yahoo.com (Michael Rogers) writes:
> I am trying to use XEmacs 21.4 with GNU Clisp 2.32 and Ilisp 5.12.0 on
> a Windows XP SP1 machine.
> [1]>
> [2]> ;;; Loading c:\Program
> Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\ilisp\ilisp-pkg.fas
> *** - LOAD: A file with name C:Program
> FilesXEmacsxemacs-packageslispilispilisp-pkg.fas does not exist
The backslash character is the escape character in Common Lisp (and
many other languages). You need to escape it by using two of them.
--
~jrm
Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<············@comcast.net>...
> ·········@yahoo.com (Michael Rogers) writes:
>
> > I am trying to use XEmacs 21.4 with GNU Clisp 2.32 and Ilisp 5.12.0 on
> > a Windows XP SP1 machine.
>
>
> > [1]>
> > [2]> ;;; Loading c:\Program
> > Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\ilisp\ilisp-pkg.fas
> > *** - LOAD: A file with name C:Program
> > FilesXEmacsxemacs-packageslispilispilisp-pkg.fas does not exist
>
> The backslash character is the escape character in Common Lisp (and
> many other languages). You need to escape it by using two of them.
Hi Joe. Thanks for the response :)
I tried using "\", "\\", "/", and "//" in the paths and none of those
work. Is there any other possible solution to my problem that you know
of?
On 5 Feb 2004 23:23:59 -0800, Michael Rogers <·········@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[2]> ;;; Loading c:\Program
>Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\ilisp\ilisp-pkg.fas
>*** - LOAD: A file with name C:Program
>FilesXEmacsxemacs-packageslispilispilisp-pkg.fas does not exist
I've had the same problem, which seems to be that (x)emacs'
expand-file-name returns a path with backslashes which clisp treats as
an escape character.
After some googling, it seemed to me that the only solution was to
make:
(defun slash-expand-file-name (file &optional default-dir)
(map 'string #'(lambda (c) (if (char-equal c ?\\) ?/ c))
(expand-file-name file default-dir)))
and replace every reference to expand-file-name with
slash-expand-file-name.
rolf rander
--
http://www.pvv.org/~rolfn/
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only
because they do not realize how complicated life is. (J. von Neumann)
··········@pvv.org (Rolf Rander N�ss) wrote in message news:<··························@bacchus.pvv.ntnu.no>...
> On 5 Feb 2004 23:23:59 -0800, Michael Rogers <·········@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >[2]> ;;; Loading c:\Program
> >Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\ilisp\ilisp-pkg.fas
> >*** - LOAD: A file with name C:Program
> >FilesXEmacsxemacs-packageslispilispilisp-pkg.fas does not exist
>
> I've had the same problem, which seems to be that (x)emacs'
> expand-file-name returns a path with backslashes which clisp treats as
> an escape character.
>
> After some googling, it seemed to me that the only solution was to
> make:
>
> (defun slash-expand-file-name (file &optional default-dir)
> (map 'string #'(lambda (c) (if (char-equal c ?\\) ?/ c))
> (expand-file-name file default-dir)))
>
> and replace every reference to expand-file-name with
> slash-expand-file-name.
>
>
> rolf rander
Thanks for the reply Rolf. :)
I tried something very similar to what you suggested which seems to be
working, but now I have another problem. Specifially I followed the
instructions I found at
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=ilisp+group:comp.emacs.xemacs&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=comp.emacs.xemacs&selm=3C0F56DA.30603%40hotmail.com&rnum=8
Now my paths seem to be correct. :) My new error message is:
---Begin XEmacs Output---
[1]>
[2]> ;;; Loading c:/ilisp/cl-ilisp.lisp
ILISP: File is not compiled, use M-x ilisp-compile-inits
[7]> ;;; Loading c:/ilisp/cl-chs-init.lisp
ILISP: File is not compiled, use M-x ilisp-compile-inits
[8]>
---End XEmacs Output---
Then XEmacs *usually* seems to hang. This error was expected because
http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/packages/html/ilisp_4.html says
this will happen the first time ilisp is run and that I should do M-x
ilisp-compile-inits to compile the necessary files. The one time that
XEmacs didn't seem to hang I did M-x ilisp-compile-inits and it seemed
to work, but apparently it didn't because there were no newly created
compiled lisp files in the ilisp directory and the next time I
launched XEmacs and went into ilisp-mode I received the same error
message about uncompiled files.
Any ideas on how to fix this problem?