[cmucl-help] help a newbee to start cmucl

[GP lisper]

I remember trying this long, long ago but never getting it to work.
Probably back in late version-18 days.  That effort was with one of
the pseudo-Motifs installed, later the real Motif became available,
but I no longer needed X as part of cmucl.

I also run Gentoo, but all of cmucl lisp is managed outside of the
'emerge' system, as when I started years ago, the gentoo cmucl had
some long-forgotten problems.  I would compile my own cmucl instead,
using the prior version after testing the released binaries.


> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2015 14:20:12 +0200
> From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch at skynet.be>
> 
> 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.

you might want to try 'xprop' on it.
or perhaps your window manager has some useful tool....


> >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 do have MOTIF installed here)

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