Install guide for SBCL, Emacs, and SLIME on Windows XP

[Peter Christensen]

In the spirit of good documentation, I wrote a new version of my CLisp/
Emacs/SLIME install guide to include SBCL setup[2]. The biggest catch
I found was that on Windows XP, system environment variables aren't
updated until after a reboot. Other than that, it was extremely easy
to swap out CLisp for SBCL. If you already ran through my CLisp
guide[1], then you can have SBCL running in about 3 minutes (+ reboot
time). Please let me know how it goes and if there are any errors.

I appreciate any feedback - let me know what else it could use!

Thanks,
Peter

[1] http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/installing-clisp-emacs-and-slime-on-windows-xp/
[2] http://www.pchristensen.com/blog/articles/installing-sbcl-emacs-and-slime-on-windows-xp/

[Grant Rettke]

Hi Peter,

On Windows XP, changes to environmental variables are reflected when
starting a new dos box (cmd.exe).

Grant

[Edi Weitz]

On Fri, 30 May 2008 12:25:15 -0700 (PDT), Grant Rettke <gre...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Windows XP, changes to environmental variables are reflected when
> starting a new dos box (cmd.exe).

The "DOS box" is command.com. There's no DOS in cmd.exe.

Edi.

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[Dimiter "malkia" Stanev]

You can use SETX from the Windows Resource Kit, google it (hint:
http://www.ss64.com/nt/setx.html)

The Windows Environment is stored in the Registry as a local user one,
or system.

As far as I know depending on where you are setting you need either only
to LOG-OFF, LOG-ON, or as you said restarting.

I wrote time ago an application for quickly editing the environment and
saving it - it's here:

http://www.ddag.org/ikolev/files/EnvironmentEditor.zip - the Win32
binary, and the C++ source code is included.

[John Thingstad]

På Fri, 30 May 2008 21:32:54 +0200, skrev Edi Weitz <spam...@agharta.de>:

> On Fri, 30 May 2008 12:25:15 -0700 (PDT), Grant Rettke
> <gre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Windows XP, changes to environmental variables are reflected when
>> starting a new dos box (cmd.exe).
>
> The "DOS box" is command.com. There's no DOS in cmd.exe.
>
> Edi.
>

Well some of us adventurous souls are using the Windows Powershell.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/powershell/default.mspx

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John Thingstad

[hajo...@gmail.com]

Some characters on the webpage seem funny. There must be a few different UTF-8 implementations.