2.2 Loading the Tutorial

Figure 2.2 KnowledgeWorks Listener

First bring up a KnowledgeWorks Listener by choosing KnowledgeWorks > Listener from the KnowledgeWorks Podium. The KnowledgeWorks Listener accepts Lisp input as well as KnowledgeWorks input. Enter

into the KnowledgeWorks Listener, and then change the current directory to that of the animals demo by entering

If this fails, check the value of the Lisp variable *lispworks-directory* .

Load the tutorial by typing

to load the tutorial system definition, and

to compile and load the rules and object base (CLOS objects). In interpreting these two commands, the KnowledgeWorks Listener has behaved just like a Lisp Listener. In general, whenever input has no specific KnowledgeWorks interpretation, the KnowledgeWorks Listener just accepts it as Lisp.