[developers] Help getting started debugging the logon system in Allegro Common Lisp

[W.P. McNeill (UW)]

I am running the compiled logon binaries.  By default this is what starts
when I call up logon in emacs.  However, at the emacs logon command line I
am able to run (load "source file name") which loads the specified source
file with my modifications.  This is how I was able to insert a (break)
command into the code.
I to set up to run using our ACL installation anyway for when I start
modifying code.  (Just trying to run $LOGONROOT/lingo/redwods/load without
the "--binary" flag gives me an error.)  But for the purposes of stepping
through the code, documentation on the debugger is probably sufficient.

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Emily M. Bender
<emily.m.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> Bill,
>
> You are probably running from the logon binaries, and therefore
> not accessing our ACL installation, which would be somewhere
> else on Patas.  When it comes to running from source, you'll need
> to get set up to use our ACL.
>
> Emily
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM, W.P. McNeill (UW)
> <billmcn at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> > In my setup (on patas at the University of Washington) I have a LOGON
> > related entry in my .emacs file that points me to a $LOGONROOT/dot.emacs
> > file that makes reference to a $LOGONROOT/franz directory which contains
> a
> > bunch of lisp files that look like emacs interface code along with some
> > compiled lisp files.  There is no documentation under this directory.
> > Is $LOGONROOT/franz the Allegro Common Lisp directory or is it something
> > else?
> > Regardless, I have found an Allegro Common Lisp documentation with
> debugging
> > instructions online.  Is this what you were talking about?
> >
> > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Ann Copestake <
> Ann.Copestake at cl.cam.ac.uk>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> you need the allegro common lisp documentation.  I believe you have a
> >> licence for allegro there, so you'll find the documentation with the
> >> allegro distribution, inside a directory called `doc'.  e.g.,
> >> debugging.htm
> >>
> >> Of course, I don't know where your allegro files are stored, but if
> >> you look at however you invoke lisp (probably a command in .emacs),
> >> you should be able to find the path name.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Best,
> >>
> >> Ann
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > W.P. McNeill
> > http://staff.washington.edu/billmcn/index.shtml
> > Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
>



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W.P. McNeill
http://staff.washington.edu/billmcn/index.shtml
Sent from Seattle, WA, United States
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