[info-mcl] ANNOUNCE: MCLIDE 1.0b

[Terje Norderhaug]

On Dec 27, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Robert Schaaf wrote:
> Alas, I am one the unlucky ones whose CL64 fails to load.  Even if  
> you don't yet have a fix, do you at least have an intuition of why  
> this may be happening?

Having MCLIDE automatically start and connect Lisp implementations is  
very convenient when it works, but not easy to troubleshoot due to  
the involvement of the shell, network and external applications.

My guess is that you picked another CCL executable than the one  
suggested by MCLIDE in the dialog. On X86-64 the CCL executable  
should be dx86cl64.

To further debug what's going wrong, you may find it useful to look  
in the log file at <~/Library/Logs/com.in-progress.mclide/ 
clozure.log>. Search for the line "Executing in shell to start lisp:"  
and manually execute the line that follows in a shell by e.g pasting  
it into the Terminal.

See also <~/Library/Preferences/com.in-progress.mclide/lisp- 
implementations-*>, which contains the lisp implementation specific  
startup instructions in a format similar to what's used in SLIME.

> Your notes mention an 'Activate' step, but all I see is a Start/ 
> Skip dialog.  Of course, Swank works, but so inelegant!

Good catch! The "Activate" button has been renamed to "Start". I'll  
update the README file accordingly.

> I'd really like to come back to CCL from ruby, and this IDE might  
> just turn the tide.  Now, if we could just get a group together to  
> implement something like Hot Cocoa, things might pick up  
> substantially.
>
> Really nice piece of work.

I am glad you like it. Please do not hesitate to let me know if you  
encounter other issues or have suggestions about how to improve  
MCLIDE. I am releasing updates patches continuously to evolve MCLIDE  
based on feedback from lisp developers. The latest Update patch can  
be downloaded and installed using the Update item of the MCLIDE menu.  
If the MCLIDE menu doesn't have an Update item, you have to first  
install the Update plugin. For instructions see:

http://mclide.in-progress.com/faq

> Bob Schaaf
> Coral Common Lisp license #453
>
> On Dec 16, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Terje Norderhaug wrote:
>
>> The first public beta of MCLIDE 1.0 is now available from:
>>
>>     http://mclide.in-progress.com
>>
>> This version of MCLIDE works with Clozure CL (a.k.a. OpenMCL) and
>> Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL) as target lisp implementations. Support
>> for a number of other lisp implementations on different platforms is
>> under development.
>>
>> Special thanks to Peter Paine for substantial feedback and
>> suggestions. His involvement has been essential in moving MCLIDE
>> forward. Glen Foy has provided his lisp syntax styling utility as an
>> optional plug-in. MCLIDE has also benefitted from contributions by
>> Shannon Spires and Madhu, among others.
>>
>> Follow the progress of MCLIDE at www.twitter.com/mclide
>>
>> -- Terje Norderhaug
>>    terje at in-progress.com
>>
>>
>>
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-- Terje Norderhaug
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