From cyberhigh at gurusnetwork.org  Thu Feb  9 02:17:11 2006
From: cyberhigh at gurusnetwork.org (CyBerHigh)
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:17:11 -0800
Subject: [mod-lisp-devel] Using SBCL with mod_lisp
Message-ID: <43EAA627.3060902@gurusnetwork.org>

I am very new to the lisp scene.  I am a web developer, I am wanting to 
use mod_lisp because the lisp language looks very promissing.  I use to 
do most of my development in languages like python and ruby.  However 
recent reading I have turned to lisp and I really like it.  I am wanting 
to use mod_lisp to create a web site, I want to use SBCL.
I installed lisp on my web server, it is apache 1.2, running Freebsd 
5.4.  I tryed following the stuff on the mod_lisp web site, I got apache 
to start fine.  I tryed to veiw the site however I found out that I need 
to be running a lisp type server on port 3000 or something.  I tryed to 
use the one on the mod_lisp web site, however it keeped dieing and not 
working.  I don't beleave it was SBCL anyway I read that it was CLISP.
Also is it possible to make lisp the handler if it ends with a certain 
extention.  Not if it is in a certain directory?  Or is that the only 
way it can be set up?

Thank you


From edi at agharta.de  Thu Feb  9 15:51:42 2006
From: edi at agharta.de (Edi Weitz)
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:51:42 +0100
Subject: [mod-lisp-devel] Using SBCL with mod_lisp
In-Reply-To: <43EAA627.3060902@gurusnetwork.org> (cyberhigh@gurusnetwork.org's
	message of "Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:17:11 -0800")
References: <43EAA627.3060902@gurusnetwork.org>
Message-ID: <ulkwkv8c1.fsf@agharta.de>

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:17:11 -0800, CyBerHigh <cyberhigh at gurusnetwork.org> wrote:

> I am very new to the lisp scene.  I am a web developer, I am wanting
> to use mod_lisp because the lisp language looks very promissing.  I
> use to do most of my development in languages like python and ruby.
> However recent reading I have turned to lisp and I really like it.
> I am wanting to use mod_lisp to create a web site, I want to use
> SBCL.  I installed lisp on my web server, it is apache 1.2, running
> Freebsd 5.4.  I tryed following the stuff on the mod_lisp web site,
> I got apache to start fine.  I tryed to veiw the site however I
> found out that I need to be running a lisp type server on port 3000
> or something.  I tryed to use the one on the mod_lisp web site,
> however it keeped dieing and not working.  I don't beleave it was
> SBCL anyway I read that it was CLISP.  Also is it possible to make
> lisp the handler if it ends with a certain extention.  Not if it is
> in a certain directory?  Or is that the only way it can be set up?

You might want to try TBNL.  That should make things a little bit
easier.

  <http://weitz.de/tbnl/>

Cheers,
Edi.


From awgrover at mail.msen.com  Thu Feb  9 20:29:54 2006
From: awgrover at mail.msen.com (Alan Grover)
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 15:29:54 -0500
Subject: [mod-lisp-devel] Using SBCL with mod_lisp
Message-ID: <43EBA642.8090801@mail.msen.com>

CyBerHigh wrote:
> I am very new to the lisp scene.  I am a web developer, I am wanting to
> use mod_lisp because the lisp language looks very promissing.  I use to
> do most of my development in languages like python and ruby.  However
> recent reading I have turned to lisp and I really like it.  I am wanting
> to use mod_lisp to create a web site, I want to use SBCL.
> I installed lisp on my web server, it is apache 1.2, running Freebsd
> 5.4.  I tryed following the stuff on the mod_lisp web site, I got apache
> to start fine.  I tryed to veiw the site however I found out that I need
> to be running a lisp type server on port 3000 or something.  

Right. The model of mod_lisp is to have a process separate from
Apache-httpd for handling the desired requests. The mod_lisp module
forwards the request, and copies back the response. Your lisp process
reads the headers (and POST data), and sends a constructed response.
Note that mod_lisp is not particularly "lispy". It doesn't communicated
in s-expressions. But, it is a very simple protocol. I wrote a scheme
end of the bare-bones protocol
(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=141512).

You can pick any port you want for the mod_lisp-to-lisp-server
communication.

> Also is it possible to make lisp the handler if it ends with a certain
> extention.  Not if it is in a certain directory?  Or is that the only
> way it can be set up?

Look through the various Apache directives (try the "quick reference"
section), searching for "CGI". Here's what I found:

ScriptAlias
Straight URL (path) -> CGI Script. So, by URL, rather than directory.

ScriptAliasMatch
Pattern match URL -> CGI. So, you could match by extension (or any part
of the URL-path).

Script
Activate a CGI based on the method (GET, POST, etc.).

Action
Seems to be able to map an extension or mime-type to a CGI (in
conjunction with AddHandler).

AddHandler
Specifically maps extensions to cgi handlers. Use Action to map the
"handler-name" to the cgi-script.

Read the "Handler" section, and the mod_cgi section.

-- 
Alan Grover
awgrover at mail.msen.com
+1.734.476.0969