[cmucl-help] help a newbee to start cmucl

[Marco Antoniotti]

You probably need to install the Motif libraries.

Incidentally, it’d be interesting to get a different UI engine set up and running.  Of course this would require some young guy picking up the challenge :)

Cheers
—
MA




> On Apr 11, 2015, at 14:20 , Helmut Jarausch <jarausch at skynet.be> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've installed cmucl-20e on my Gentoo system.
> I have no idea to get into the graphics mode.
> If I do
> 
> (require :clx)
> (require :hemlock)
> (ed)
> 
> The just opened X-window doesn't get focus such that I can't enter anything.
> 
>> From the man page
> Call INTERFACE:LISP-CONTROL-PANEL to create the  control  panel.   When                                                                                                      
>       INTERFACE:*INTERFACE-STYLE*  is :GRAPHICS (the default) and the DISPLAY                                                                                                      
>       environment variable is defined, the graphical inspector  and  debugger                                                                                                      
>       will  be  invoked  by  INSPECT or when an error is signalled.  Possible                                                                                                      
>       values are :GRAPHICS and :TTY.  If the value is :GRAPHICS, but there is
>       no X display, then we quietly use the TTY interface.
> 
> How to do that?
> 
> I can't do
> (INTERFACE:LISP-CONTROL-PANEL)
> 
> nor even
> (require :interface)
> 
> So, I am missing a lot.
> 
> Many thanks for a hint,
> Helmut
> 
> P.S.:
> I am using sbcl, as well, and one of the reason for installing CMUCL was the
> graphical interface. (I do have MOTIF installed here)
> 
> 
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Marco Antoniotti