OpenMCL comes with a Cocoa application called "OpenMCL.app", - which provides a graphical IDE for editing, compiling, and - running Lisp code. The IDE is a work in progress, and may not - yet provide everything you need to be comfortable developing - Lisp applications. It is sufficient for developing the - CurrencyConverter example application, though, and this HOWTO - assumes that you wll use it.
- -The IDE is distributed in source form with OpenMCL, and you - need to build it before you can use it. Fortunately, building - the IDE is very easy.
- -First, make sure you have a recent version of OpenMCL, and - that it is installed correctly. You can obtain OpenMCL from - Clozure's OpenMCL - page. The CVS - access page explains how to get more recent development - versions, and - the documentation - page on installation explains how to install it - correctly.
- -Once you have a working OpenMCL, you should be able to open - a Terminal window and run the command "openmcl" to obtain a - running OpenMCL session:
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- Now, assuming OpenMCL is installed correctly, you can build - the IDE by typing:
- -(require "COCOA-APPLICATION")
OpenMCL compiles and loads the source files needed to build - the IDE, then writes the executable to the path:
- -ccl/cocoa-ide/OpenMCL.app
- -OpenMCL then quits (because the implementation of - SAVE-APPLICATION, which writes the executable, causes OpenMCL to - quit).
- -You should now be able to start the IDE by double-clicking - the application in ccl/cocoa-ide/OpenMCL.app. Please note that - this Cocoa application bundle exists in the OpenMCL distribution - as it comes from Clozure, but it won't work until you follow - these instructions to build the IDE. The bundle as it comes from - Clozure is doesn't have the necessary executable in it until you - build it.
- -You should now be ready to continue with the HOWTO, using - OpenMCL.app to create and edit Lisp files.
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