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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ok, so I downloaded the latest 6.0.1 Lispworks for windows, and I do not see anywhere in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the gui even a mention of ASDF - there is no "button"… On their web site, they state that</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">they have ASDF integration in IDE - I don't see it. The link in their web pages takes me here:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">To use ASDF in the LispWorks IDE:</FONT>
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<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Load ASDF and some ASDF system definitions in the usual ASDF way.</FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT FACE="Arial">Load the file</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">(example-file "misc/asdf-integration.lisp")</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"> .</FONT></LI>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">From the above: Load ASDF and some ASDF system definitions in the usual ASDF way. (WTF, I</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">don't know what the "usual way" is…?) What is the usual way????</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Ok, so I ran the second line called (example-file …… And I assume that does something also,</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">although they don't say what…. Why is it called example-file??? What is example-file? What</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">kind of a function is that?</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Ok, so, I also downloaded cl-ppcre-2.0.3 (I can't use quicklisp network type installations</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">because I am at a bank, and they have serious firewalls preventing stuff just like this). So,</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">I downloaded this package, and I unzipped it, and I did notice that there is amongst other</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">files a cl-ppcre.asd file (probably important). So, this is what I have:</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">LispWorks 6.0.1 which is supposed to be already ASDF ready on Windows</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Unzipped cl-ppcre-2.0.3</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">So, assuming that the whole thing is ASDF ready, how do I load up and "install"</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">cl-ppcre-2.0.3</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Why is this so friggin' frustrating - I just wanna code in Lisp, not fight Lispworks and</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Arial">ASDF…</FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Arial">Thanks, Alex.</FONT>
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