Re: Using Emacs Lisp for script writing

[Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>]

Cecil Westerhof wrote:
> Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> writes:
> 
>>> I already use 'emacs -batch' for scripting where no user input is
>>> used, but I would like to use it also for interactive scripting. Until
>>> now I did not find any usable information about this. Anybody using
>>> Emacs for interactive scripts?
>> I suggest using some Common Lisp implementation instead. They are more
>> general-purpose Lisp dialects I like CLISP.
>>
>>     #!/usr/bin/clisp
>>     (format *query-io* "Type something: ")
>>     (format t "You wrote: ~A" (read-line *query-io*))

works for me.

> I'll try that. I already understood that elisp is 'old' and that clisp
> has a lot more possibilities. One thing. Using your script gives:
>     ./dummy.lisp: line 3: format: command not found
>     ./dummy.lisp: line 4: syntax error near unexpected token `('
>     ./dummy.lisp: line 4: `(format t "You wrote: ~A" (read-line *query-io*))'

these are not clisp messages.
these look like (ba)sh messages.

> Using 'clisp dummy.lisp' works.

maybe clisp is not installed as /usr/bin/clisp?