-This package contains Common Lisp bindings to GTK+ v2.0. It currently
-works with only CMUCL, but ports to other CL implementations may be
-added later.
+This package contains Common Lisp bindings to GTK+ v2.x. It currently
+works with CMUCL 19, SBCL 0.9 and CLISP. Ports to other CL
+implementations may be added later.
New versions
------------
-The most recent version of this package can be found at:
+The most recent version of this package can be downloaded from
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/clg.
Build instructions
------------------
-1. When building for CMUCL, first obtain a matching binary and source
- tree (the only source file you will actually need is lisp.h, which
- have to be copied or linked to your CMUCL_LIB directory). On ELF
- systems you may also have to rebuild lisp with -rdynamic added to
- OS_LINK_FLAGS.
+1. If you are using a version of SBCL without native callback support
+ you need to upgrade or add third party callback code. The following
+ instructions of how to add callback support, are borrowed
+ from the Common Music installation guide:
-2.
+ 1. Download Thomas Burdick's Alien Function package¹ and restore it
+ to a directory on your machine.
+ 2. Compile the Alien Function package and save a new sbcl.core image:
+ $ cd sbcl-af
+ $ sbcl --load "system"
+ * (sb-ext:save-lisp-and-die "/tmp/sbcl.core")
+ $ cd /usr/local/lib/sbcl
+ $ cp sbcl.core sbcl.core.orig
+ $ mv /tmp/sbcl.core .
+ ¹ A slightly modified version which works with SBCL 0.8.21 or newer
+ could be found at
+ http://jupiter.td.org.uit.no/lisp/sbcl-0.8.21-af.tar.gz
+
+
+2. Set up paths to match your system:
+
+ - Set the correct pkg-config search path if your Gtk+ installation
+ is in an unusual place, by adding it to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH
+ environment variable before starting lisp.
+
+ - Make sure ASDF finds the system definition files:
+
+ (push "/path/to/clg/systems/" asdf:*central-registry*)
+
+
+ When checking out of CVS also do the following:
+ $ cd <clg toplevel>
+ $ mkdir systems && cd systems
+ $ find .. -name '*.asd' -exec ln -s {} . \;
+
+
+3. Compile and load the system:
+
+ (asdf:oos 'asdf:load-op :gtk)
+
+ In CMUCL 19a this will fail with:
+
+ Error in function KERNEL::%REDEFINE-DEFSTRUCT:
+ Redefining class PCL::SLOT-INFO incompatibly with the current definition.
+
+ Just accept the redefinition (restart 1) to continue building or
+ loading. To avoid doing this every time clg is loaded, compile
+ and load glib/pcl.lisp in newly started CMUCL process and save a
+ new core image.
+
+ If you are running SBCL with Slime you need to put the following
+ in ~/.swank.lisp to prevent Slime from spawning multiple
+ threads, since GTK+ is not really thread safe:
+
+ #+sbcl(setq swank:*communication-style* :fd-handler)
+
+ CLISP needs to be started with the option '-ansi' for clg to
+ compile and load.
+
+
+4. If everything worked, try (load "hello-world") to see a small
+ window pop up, and then run testgtk.lisp in the example directory.
+
+
+
+Guidelines for using the GTK+ API documentation
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Here are some brief guidelines for using the GTK+ API documentation. A
+lot of (both intentional and unintentional) inconsistencies exists,
+so it is also wise to check the source code.
+
+- library prefixes are stripped from all symbols
+
+- object properties should be available as virtual slots. A lot of
+ "missing" properties are manually defined as slots. Slots may be read
+ only or write only, but there later type are generally only
+ defined automatically through introspection
+
+- the get/set part are removed from regular accessors, but retained
+ in functions which set or retrieve multiple values
+
+- predicate functions follow the normal convention of ending
+ with '-P'
+
+- if there are multiple similar named functions which only differ in
+ the type of argument they accept, only one function accepting any
+ kind of valid argument types is provided
+
+- there are no gtk_*_new functions, use MAKE-INSTANCE to create widgets
+
+- use CHILD-PROPERTY-VALUE or automatically defined accessors to
+ access child properties
+
+- use STYLE-PROPERTY-VALUE to access style properties
+
+- the only function used to connect signals is SIGNAL-CONNECT
+
+- some additional initargs to make-instance:
+
+ - gtk:container
+
+ child -- adds a child to a container widget. This argument could
+ be a widget or a list who's first element is a widget and the rest
+ child properties. Multiple :child initargs may be specified
+
+ children -- list of children to be added
+
+ child-args -- default child properties used when adding children (during
+ construction only)
+
+ show-children -- automatically make children (and grandchildren)
+ visible. May be overridden in a child by explicit specifying :visible or
+ another :show-children
+
+
+ - gtk:button
+
+ stock -- equivalent to ":label stock :use-stock t :use-underline t"
+
+
+ - gtk:dialog
+
+ button -- button specification applied to dialog-add-button. Multiple
+ :button initargs may be specified
+
+ buttons -- list of button specifications
+
+
+
+Send comments and patches to clg-devel@lists.sourceforge.net or
+espen@users.sourceforge.net.
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