From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Golan Trevize" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: postscript to lisp, plisp package error - Invalid read syntax: "#" Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:05:15 +0200 Organization: NetVision InterNetNews site Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1076970687 13775 80.91.224.253 (16 Feb 2004 22:31:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:31:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 16 23:31:21 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AsrGr-0001Jp-00 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:31:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AsrGE-0004ez-1O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:30:42 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!news-xfer.newsread.com!nntp.abs.net!ash.uu.net!news2.netvision.net.il!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp, comp.lang.scheme, gnu.emacs.help, comp.lang.postscript Original-Lines: 108 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl217-132-34-246.bb.netvision.net.il Original-X-Trace: news2.netvision.net.il 1076969196 20748 217.132.34.246 (16 Feb 2004 22:06:36 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@netvision.net.il Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 22:06:36 +0000 (UTC) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu comp.lang.lisp:132545 comp.lang.scheme:52587 gnu.emacs.help:120968 comp.lang.postscript:76587 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16917 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16917 Hi, Now that is a blast from the past. >>From the subject it looks like you're looking for a PostScript to Lisp Compiler, PLisp is a Lisp to PostScript Compiler not a PostScript to Lisp Compiler. It helped me years ago before I became prociient in PostScript. Another good system that wrote quite efficient PostScript was Pdb which was a "C to PostScript Compiler" it had a lot of uses outside NeWS. Golan Trevize "Henna" wrote in message news:Y0T9JTFR38033.4074537037@anonymous... > > This help is requested in connection with the plisp package > written by John Peterson of yale. > > I am trying to use it and finding errors. I have no lucid > lisp or any other, other than the emacs lisp. I have > tried to (require 'cl) without error. > > > (1) > I have renamed all files in plisp to be .el from .lisp since that > is what > emacs seems to expect. This gave more success in the next loading > command. I have also set the "load-path" variable to include both > the compiler and compiler/common-lisp directories. > > (2) > I have tried to load build.el as follows inside emacs: > > (load "/home/henna/plisp/compiler/build.el") CTRL-x CTRL-e > > The error I get in minibuffer is: > > Invalid read syntax: "#" > > Is there a simple method to solve this? > I am looking on comp.lang.postscript/lisp for help on plisp and there > is no traffic or conversation on this. > > You can see the result of renaming: > > % du -a > 3 ./common-lisp/lisp-util.el > 3 ./common-lisp/loop.el > 2 ./common-lisp/mvalues.el > 3 ./common-lisp/numeric.el > 3 ./common-lisp/bind.el > 3 ./common-lisp/control.el > 2 ./common-lisp/for.el > 2 ./common-lisp/functional.el > 22 ./common-lisp > 9 ./defps.el > 2 ./flow.el > 4 ./macros.el > 2 ./names.el > 5 ./output.el > 1 ./plisp-compile.el > 1 ./rename > 9 ./top.el > 1 ./util.el > 6 ./args.el > 1 ./build.el > 6 ./compile.el > 1 ./rename~ > 2 ./vars.el > 1 ./t~ > 2 ./ps-vars.el > > > (3) > I loaded the file using the debugging enabled as: > > (setq debug-on-error t) > > and I get the following error: > > Signaling: (invalid-read-syntax "#") > eval-buffer(#> nil "output") > load-with-code-conversion("/home/henna/plisp/compiler/output.el" "output" > nil nil) > load("output") > eval-buffer(# nil "/home/henna/plisp/compiler/build.el") > load-with-code-conversion("/home/henna/plisp/compiler/build.el" > "/home/henna/plisp/compiler/build.e$ > load("/home/henna/plisp/compiler/build.el") > eval((load "/home/henna/plisp/compiler/build.el")) > eval-last-sexp(nil) > * call-interactively(eval-last-sexp) > > > Thanks > henna@techemail.com > > > -=- > This message was posted via two or more anonymous remailing services. > > > >