{"id":405,"date":"2021-03-25T10:34:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fitzsim.org\/blog\/?p=405"},"modified":"2021-03-26T21:57:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T01:57:25","slug":"quickly-start-a-common-lisp-script","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzsim.org\/blog\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"Quickly Start a Common Lisp Script"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you want to write a utility script, and you want to write it in Common Lisp. I created a template Common Lisp script called start.lisp<\/code>. It’s meant to be renamed and hacked up but it provides a starting point for a new Common Lisp script, with some utility libraries included.<\/p>\n

Here’s a “one-liner” that you can paste into a text editor, verify visually, then copy-n-paste from the editor into a terminal. This will get you up and running on major distros:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install sbcl || \\
\nsudo dnf install sbcl || \\
\nsudo yum install sbcl && \\
\ngit clone --recursive https:\/\/git.sr.ht\/~fitzsim\/cl-starter-script && \\
\n.\/cl-starter-script\/start.lisp --help<\/code><\/p>\n

It uses some shell tricks I found on the EmacsWiki<\/a>, and a UIOP1<\/a><\/sup> feature ((uiop:argv0)<\/code> with __CL_ARGV0<\/code>) I discovered via the impressive cl-launch project<\/a>. It’s too bad cl-launch<\/code> isn’t more widely packaged, since it seems like a good idea.<\/p>\n

I may add more utility features to this template repository, but I’ll also try to keep it simple and self-contained. Self-contained meaning after the initial git clone<\/code> there’s no need to go back to the Internet for more libraries.<\/p>\n

This is only meant for utility scripts (and for me as a learning exercise for ASDF and Common Lisp packages). It is available in my Sourcehut<\/a>, and mirrored to Microsoft GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For bigger projects, check out Quickproject<\/a>, and for installing newer Common Lisp implementations than your operating system provides, consider Roswell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Didier Verna for help with ASDF and for quickly incorporating into CLON<\/a> some new features I requested.<\/p>\n

1. “Utilities for Implementation- and OS- Portability”<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So you want to write a utility script, and you want to write it in Common Lisp. I created a template Common Lisp script called start.lisp. It’s meant to be renamed and hacked up but it provides a starting point for a new Common Lisp script, with some utility libraries included. Here’s a “one-liner” that … <\/p>\n

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