+(setf *load-verbose* nil
+ *compile-verbose* nil)
+
+#+cmu
+(setf ext:*gc-verbose* nil
+ ext:*require-verbose* nil)
+
+#+ecl
+(let ((old-output *standard-output*)
+ (old-prompt si:*tpl-prompt-hook*))
+ ;; There doesn't seem to be a good way to do this, so we do it the bad
+ ;; way. Since the herald is printed to `*standard-outout*', we set (not
+ ;; bind!) that to a bit bucket, and then arrange to restore it just before
+ ;; the first REPL prompt is written.
+ ;;
+ ;; One more awful part is that, having intercepted the prompt hook, I need
+ ;; to restore and invoke the old version, and there isn't a clean way to do
+ ;; this.
+ (when (<= (ext:argc) 1)
+ (setf *standard-output* (make-broadcast-stream)
+ si:*tpl-prompt-hook* (lambda ()
+ (setf *standard-output* old-output
+ si:*tpl-prompt-hook* old-prompt)
+ (si::tpl-prompt)))))
+
+#+ccl
+(setf ccl::*inhibit-greeting* t)
+
+#+abcl
+(setf ext:*warn-on-redefinition* nil)
+
+;; Obtain ASDF from somewhere.
+(require "asdf")
+
+;; Get CMU CL and CCL to quit on EOF.
+#+cmu
+(setf ext:*batch-mode* t)
+#+ccl
+(setf ccl:*quit-on-eof* t)
+
+;; Tell SBCL where to find its source source.
+#+sbcl
+(sb-ext:set-sbcl-source-location #p"/usr/share/sbcl-source/")
+
+;; Tell some Lisps about my home directory. CMU CL already has a search list
+;; which does the same job, and CCL sets up a logical-pathname host.
+#+(and unix (or sbcl clisp ecl abcl))
+(let* ((homestring (or #+sbcl (sb-ext:posix-getenv "HOME")
+ #+(or clisp ecl abcl) (ext:getenv "HOME")
+ #+abcl (java:jstatic "getProperty"
+ "java.lang.System"
+ "user.home")
+ "/home/mdw"))
+ (home (pathname (concatenate 'string homestring "/"))))
+ (setf (logical-pathname-translations "HOME")
+ `(("HOME:**;*.*.*" ,(merge-pathnames "**/*.*" home nil)))))
+(when (#.(car '(#+clisp ext:probe-directory
+ probe-file))
+ #p"/usr/share/common-lisp/")
+ (setf (logical-pathname-translations "CL")
+ '(("CL:SOURCE;**;*.*.*" #p"/usr/share/common-lisp/source/**/*.*")
+ ("CL:SYSTEMS;**;*.*.*" #p"/usr/share/common-lisp/systems/**/*.*"))))