slime install OR lisp-in-a-box

[yaru22]

I tried to install slime with CLISP 2.39 on WinXP.

I setup everything the document told me to do (i.e. adding some code to
.emacs file). But in Emacs, when I type 'slime' in mini-buffer mode
(M-x), I get the error message saying "Spawning child process: invalid
argument."

I kept trying to fix it and gave it up.

Then I saw someone wrote that lisp-in-a-box is really convenient to
install everything in one click. So I downloaded lisp-in-a-box with
CLISP 2.33 module and install them.

However, I get the same error message "Spawning child process: invalid
argument."

Does anyone know what the problem is?

Thank you.

[Alex Mizrahi]

(message (Hello 'yaru22)
(you :wrote :on '(1 Dec 2006 17:13:50 -0800))
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y> I tried to install slime with CLISP 2.39 on WinXP.

y> I setup everything the document told me to do (i.e. adding some code to
y> .emacs file). But in Emacs, when I type 'slime' in mini-buffer mode
y> (M-x), I get the error message saying "Spawning child process: invalid
y> argument."

do you have clisp working from console?
how do you run it, and what is specified in .emacs?

)
(With-best-regards '(Alex Mizrahi) :aka 'killer_storm)
"People who lust for the Feel of keys on their fingertips (c) Inity")

[Kevin T. Ryan]

On Dec 2, 11:19 am, "Alex Mizrahi" <udode...@users.sourceforge.net>
wrote:

I would suggest trying the version found here:

http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/lispbox/#download

There is a CLISP version for WinXP that works great on my computer. I
had tried some of the items that you mentioned (ie, doing it myself)
and ran into errors as well. When I tried the version above, it worked
right out of the box.

Just download the CLISP for Windows, unpack it to a directory of your
choosing and create a shortcut (if you so desire) linking to the
"lispbox.bat" file which runs everything for you.

Also, if you are just starting with SLIME I would recommend checking
out the video found at:

http://common-lisp.net/movies/slime.mov

I found that very enlightening as well. Good luck!

[SnowGhost]

"yaru22" <yar...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1165022030.9...@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

What I did to get Slime/Xemacs/Clisp 2.41 on XP working was
download clisp2.41 and install it to c:\clisp
Download Slime 2.0 and install it to c:\clisp\slime
Download and install Xemacs to where ever the hell it wanted to (somewhere
in c:\program files )

In my profile (C:\doc & settings\admin\) I have a .xemacs folder with a file
init.el and that contains the following

(setq inferior-lisp-program "C:/clisp/clisp.exe -K full"
lisp-indent-function 'common-lisp-indent-function
common-lisp-hyperspec-root "file:///c:/clisp/HyperSpec/")

(add-to-list 'load-path "C:/clisp/slime-2.0")
(require 'slime)
(slime-setup)

Lines 2 and three came from a recommendation form (I think) the linked
movie. Of course, for the hyperspec shortcut to work you have to have that
there as well.
Fire up xemacs and start up slime.