thanks for your help Dale,anyway readline is a simple option but really cool... Damien ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Damien Mattei Date: Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 3:31 PM Subject: Re: compilation error on Apple M1 To: hello Dale, yes i had to install gsed (gnu sed): brew install gsed now it is almost ok but i do not understand anymore how to make work readline and this strange error: scheme@(guile-user)> (use-modules (ice-9 readline)) While compiling expression: In procedure dlopen: file "guile-readline.dylib", message "dlopen(guile-readline.dylib, 0x0005): tried: 'guile-readline.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OSguile-readline.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/guile-readline.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache), 'guile-readline.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/lib/guile-readline.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/guile-readline.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)" scheme@(guile-user)> the second try made no error: scheme@(guile-user)> (use-modules (ice-9 readline)) scheme@(guile-user) but it does not work the usual way: scheme@(guile-user)> (activate-readline) ;;; :3:1: warning: possibly unbound variable `activate-readline' ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception: Unbound variable: activate-readline Entering a new prompt. Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue. scheme@(guile-user) [1]> https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Loading-Readline-Support.html but it is so long time since my initial config of readline for guile that perheaps i miss a step. Regards, Damien On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 2:19 PM wrote: > > > ----------------------------------------- > From: "Damien Mattei" > To: "guile-devel" > Cc: > Sent: Monday December 26 2022 6:13:42AM > Subject: Re: compilation error on Apple M1 > > > > sed: -e: No such file or directory > > The bsd sed is different than gnu sed. There was a few patches sent out a > while ago (by RhodiumToad?) that improved building on *bsd. > > I wonder if those will help? > > -Dale > > > >