Variable

Summary

The main LispWorks installation directory.

Package

lispworks

Initial value

The initial value is

#P"/usr/lib/lispworks/" on Unix.

#P"/usr/local/lib/LispWorks/" on Linux (for an installation from the tar archive) x86/x64 Solaris or FreeBSD.

#P"C:\Program Files\LispWorks\" on Microsoft Windows.

#P"/Applications/LispWorks 6.1/Library/" on Mac OS X.

Note however that the value can be set when configuring an image or on startup.

Description

The variable *lispworks-directory* holds the name of the directory where various files important for the running of LispWorks are located.

When LispWorks starts in a directory which contains an appropriate numbered subdirectroy such as lib/6-1-0-0/ , then it assumes this is the LispWorks installation directory and sets *lispworks-directory* accordingly. Additionally, LispWorks for Macintosh running on Cocoa looks for such a subdirectory in the Library folder alongside its application bundle, and if found it sets *lispworks-directory* accordingly.

On non-Windows platforms, LispWorks then consults the Unix environment variable LISPWORKS_DIRECTORY . If this is set, then *lispworks-directory* is set accordingly.

The lib/6-1-0-0/ subdirectory of *lispworks-directory* should include these subdirectories:

config , which contains the configuration files.

patches , which contains any public (numbered) patches that are distributed by LispWorks Ltd.

private-patches , which is the place to put private (named) patches that are sent to you by Lisp Support.

postscript , which contains configuration files for printing using the CAPI printing library. See Configuring the printer for more information on printer configuration.

examples , which contains various files of example code.

Other directories are etc , load-on-demand and manual . There is also app-defaults for platforms where Motif is supported.