Re: Stumpwm & using Lisp in guix - particularly quicklisp

[Paul Jewell via <help-guix@gnu.org>]

Hi Trev,

Thanks for the reply!

On 25/12/2022 07:41, Trev wrote:
> Paul Jewell via <help-guix@gnu.org> 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/help-guix@gnu.org/msg13498.html