Hi Trev,
Thanks for the reply!
On 25/12/2022 07:41, Trev wrote:
Paul Jewell via <[email protected]> writes:
Good morning Guix,
I have a working stumpwm config which I use on my desktop gentoo
installation, and I want to use the same configuration file under guix.
Unfortunately I run into a problem as when stumpwm starts, it complains
it can't find package "ql". Quicklisp is installed in my user home
directory, but this is clearly not being seen by stumpwm. I also note
that packages I can install through quicklisp are also packaged in guix
(e.g. alexandria). When I start sbcl in a terminal, everything works as
expected, and quicklisp is seen.
This leads me to some questions:
* How do I configure stumpwm on my system so it looks in my home
directory, and observes my .sbclrc file when starting?
* What is the guix recommended way for working with lisp packages?
Should I avoid using quicklisp, and instead use the provided
packages in guix? I am unable to find any documentation (either
official or blog posts etc) explaining this.
Many thanks!
I have no experience with quicklisp and am new to Common Lisp in
general, but I do use guix and am getting happier with every hack I make
on stumpwm and I can tell you what has worked for me:
1. Use the supported asdf system that Guix uses to package lisp programs
and extensions.
2. Install your stumpwm, repl & extensions in the same profile, be that
profile your system or your home/user space. This helps a sbcl find
I have now gone down this path, and nearly everything is working as
expected. The only problem I am tripping up with is sbcl-slime-swank is
trying to (require 'sb-cltl2) and failing, even though I have added
sbcl-trivial-cltl2 to my system configuration. It seems I am not the
only person who has tripped over this issue, although the previous
message thread [1] didn't link the problem to sbcl-slime-swank. When I
comment out the code in my configuration which adds swank, I am up and
running.
This is what I have included in my system configuration:
"stumpwm"
"sbcl-cl-ppcre"
"sbcl-trivial-cltl2"
"sbcl-alexandria"
"sbcl-clx-xembed"
"sbcl-clx-truetype"
"sbcl-stumpwm-ttf-fonts"
"sbcl-stumpwm-swm-gaps"
"sbcl-stumpwm-stumptray"
"sbcl-slime-swank"
although having looked in the source for the package definition for
stumpwm, some of these are superfluous.
Do you use sbcl-slime-swank in your configuration, and if so, did you
come across this problem with cltl2?
[1] https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg13498.html
