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     This file contains instructions on how to make CLX work with Franz
Allegro Common Lisp.  CLX should work on any machine that supports
ACL version 3.1.10 or greater.  For running on Windows NT with X display
software such as Hummingbird's Exceed or StarNet's XWin32, skip to the
bottom.

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 NOTE:  Normally you will not need to follow the instructions in this file.
	We supply a pre-built copy of CLX with your Allegro CL tape.  You
	should only need to rebuild CLX if you make changes to the source,
	or load patches that change the behaviour of the Allegro compiler.
	(If we send you any such patches, we will let you know so that you
	can recompile your application).
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 NOTE:  We now include the TI CLX documentation -- see the doc/ directory.
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 NOTE:  This distribution is not exactly the same as the one provided by MIT.
	Specifically, this distribution will *ONLY* work with Allegro versions
	greater than 3.1.10 (includes most released versions of 3.1, 4.0, and
	4.1).  If you need CLX for an older version of Allegro, please use
	the one available from the X Consortium at MIT.
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     There are two steps to compile and install CLX.  The first is compiling
the source files into fasl files.  The fasl files will be combined into one
big fasl file, CLX.fasl.  This file is then installed in your Common Lisp
library directory in the next step.  You may need to edit the Makefile to
select the proper CFLAGS for your machine -- look in Makefile for examples.
Then just:

% make

     Now you must move the CLX.fasl file into the standard CL library.
This is normally "/usr/local/lib/cl/code", but you can find out for sure
by typing:

<cl> (directory-namestring excl::*library-code-pathname*)

to a running Lisp.  If it prints something other than "/usr/local/lib/cl/code"
substitute what it prints in the below instructions.

% mv CLX.fasl /usr/local/lib/cl/code/clx.fasl
% mv *.o /usr/local/lib/cl/code

Now you can just start up Lisp and type:

<cl> (load "clx")

to load in CLX.  You may want to dump a lisp at this point since CLX is a large
package and can take some time to load into Lisp.  You probably also want to
set the :generation-spread to 1 while loading CLX.  Please see your Allegro CL
User Guide for more information on :generation-spread.


     Sophisticated users may wish to peruse the Makefile and defsystem.cl
and note how things are set up.  For example we hardwire the compiler
interrupt check switch on, so that CL can still be interrupted while it
is reading from the X11 socket.  Please see chapter 7 of the CL User's
guide for more information on compiler switches and their effects.


Please report Franz specific CLX bugs to:

	 [email protected]
	       or
	ucbvax!franz!bugs



Building and running on Windows NT

(1) With ACL 4.3.2 or later, :cd to the directory containing the clx
sources.

(2) :ld makeclx.cl - this should create winclx.fasl in that
directory.  Feel free to move winclx.fasl to a convenient location.

(3) In a fresh lisp, :ld winclx.fasl.  You should now be able to
open your display, assuming your X display software is running and
tcp/ip is installed, with: (xlib:open-display "localhost")