<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Forgive my ignorance ... I'm new ...<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Using Mac OS 10.4.4</DIV><DIV>Aquamacs 0.9.8</DIV><DIV>openmcl 1.0.1, installed using darwinports</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I want to replace my asdf installation with one checked out from cclan cvs.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'm a little confused as to how openmcl knows about asdf when you say:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>(require 'asdf) </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>in the openmcl-init file. When I don't "require asdf" I see that there is a symbol, </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>asdf:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>in the dictionary. This [paraphrased] instruction in, <A href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/cclan/asdf-install/doc/index.html?rev=1.15">http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/cclan/asdf-install/doc/index.html?rev=1.15</A>,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>---</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"></SPAN></FONT><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Open this file [... the init file for your lisp ...] (create it if it doesn't exist) and add this line</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#-:asdf (load "/path/where/asdf/is/located/asdf")</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">[ ... but if you're using openmcl then use ...</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">(require :asdf)</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">---</SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px">and there is an explanation of the use of the condition <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">#-:asdf <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">which adds the symbol <FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">:asdf to</SPAN><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Lucida Grande" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">the features list.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px">What connects the version of asdf in the openmcl distribution directory to the one that's loaded when I say ... (require 'asdf) and how do I point it somewhere else?</P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px">Thanks</P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 10.0px 0.0px">Robert</P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(224, 224, 224); "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>