[info-mcl] ANNOUNCE: MCLIDE 1.0b

[Robert Schaaf]

Hello Terje,

Having trashed MCLIDE's preferences, and pointed to the command line executable, all's well.

Nirvana is at hand, but how do I set the font spec,  size, and position of fred and listener windows?

Thanks,

Bob Schaaf



On Dec 28, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Terje Norderhaug wrote:

> 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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