[mcclim-devel] more clisp/win32 issues

[Troels Henriksen]

"Jack Unrue" <jdunrue at gmail.com> writes:

> MAKE-PATHNAME: illegal :NAME argument "Goatee/presentation-history"
>    [Condition of type SIMPLE-ERROR]
>
> and
>
> MAKE-PATHNAME: illegal :NAME argument "Looks/pixie"
>    [Condition of type SIMPLE-ERROR]

I thought these bugs had been fixed in the most recent ASDF? Perhaps
CLISP is shipping an older version?

> Goatee/goatee-command.lisp fails to compile specifically on CLISP /
> Win32 because
> #\Delete is not defined (but it is for CLISP on Unix). The same character value
> can be obtained with #\Rubout. More info here:
>
> http://www.podval.org/~sds/clisp/impnotes/char-platform-dep.html

Would adding something like "#+win32 #\Rubout #-win32 #\Delete" work?
I'm not very familiar with Windows-Lisps.

> I suppose the next problem is better reported on the flexichain mailing list,
> but while I've got your attention...flexichain/utilities.lisp has an
> EVAL-WHEN form that uses :evaluate which is not supported on CLISP:

This bug existed for quite a while, but it has actually been fixed in
Flexichain CVS. I think Flexichain should make a "proper" release soon
- after all, it's stable and does what it's supposed to do. McCLIM
should not rely on unreleased components.

> The reason why I'm bothering you all with these issues, rather than
> just using SBCL...

McCLIM is supposed to be portable, so reporting these issues here is
alright. And it's not like mcclim-devel is overcrowded with activity
anyway.

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