CL-PDF in ACL 64bit - anyone know how to get 64bit ZLIB?

[Martin Mallinson]

CL-PDF looks very useful for me. Thanks Marc and the team at ILC2014 for
this and all the great info!

Ok, now to use CL-PDF on Allegro I SVN'ed it from
https://github.com/mbattyani/cl-pdf and tried to build it with acl-load
the essence of which is

(defparameter *cl-pdf-home* excl:*source-pathname*)

(defun cl-file (x)
(tpl:do-command "cl" (namestring (merge-pathnames x *cl-pdf-home*))))

(eval-when (load)
(mapc #'cl-file
'("defpackage"
"cl-zlib-small"
"pdf"
"pdf-base"
"pdf-geom"
)))

note the lower case do-command "cl" not "CL" since I am in modern mode
ACL 9.0 64 bit

Anyhow it does not work, since cl-zlib-small.lisp tells me to:
(defvar *libgz-path* "/usr/lib/libz.so"
"Set this variable to point to the location of the zlib library
(libz.so or zlib.dll) on your system.")

which begs the question of where is zlib.dll for 64 bits? It is not on
my machine and I cant seem to find it on the WWW...
Any LISPer's using CL-PDF on ACL WIndows 64bit who have solved this
problem? Any help much appreciated...

Martin M

[Faré]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Martin Mallinson <

Post by Martin Mallinson
CL-PDF looks very useful for me. Thanks Marc and the team at ILC2014 for
this and all the great info!
Ok, now to use CL-PDF on Allegro I SVN'ed it from
https://github.com/mbattyani/cl-pdf and tried to build it with acl-load
the essence of which is
(defparameter *cl-pdf-home* excl:*source-pathname*)
(defun cl-file (x)
(tpl:do-command "cl" (namestring (merge-pathnames x *cl-pdf-home*))))
(eval-when (load)
(mapc #'cl-file
'("defpackage"
"cl-zlib-small"
"pdf"
"pdf-base"
"pdf-geom"
)))
note the lower case do-command "cl" not "CL" since I am in modern mode
ACL 9.0 64 bit

(require "asdf")
(asdf:load-system "cl-pdf")

If it doesn't provide the latest ASDF 3.1.3, it's a good time to file a bug:
(asdf:asdf-version)
Though if it provides 3.0.1 or later, that's not too bad.

Post by Martin Mallinson
(defvar *libgz-path* "/usr/lib/libz.so"
"Set this variable to point to the location of the zlib library
(libz.so or zlib.dll) on your system.")
which begs the question of where is zlib.dll for 64 bits? It is not on
my machine and I cant seem to find it on the WWW...
Any LISPer's using CL-PDF on ACL WIndows 64bit who have solved this
problem? Any help much appreciated...

http://www.gzip.org/
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gzip.htm

In the worst case, you should be able to compile from source...

PS: I loved your interventions at ILC 2014. Nice to meet you!

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http://fare.tunes.org
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life
and you will call it fate. — Carl Jung (1875–1961)

[Jean-Claude Beaudoin]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:10 PM, Martin Mallinson <

Post by Martin Mallinson
CL-PDF looks very useful for me. Thanks Marc and the team at ILC2014 for
this and all the great info!
Ok, now to use CL-PDF on Allegro I SVN'ed it from
https://github.com/mbattyani/cl-pdf and tried to build it with acl-load
the essence of which is
(defparameter *cl-pdf-home* excl:*source-pathname*)
(defun cl-file (x)
(tpl:do-command "cl" (namestring (merge-pathnames x *cl-pdf-home*))))
(eval-when (load)
(mapc #'cl-file
'("defpackage"
"cl-zlib-small"
"pdf"
"pdf-base"
"pdf-geom"
)))
note the lower case do-command "cl" not "CL" since I am in modern mode
ACL 9.0 64 bit
(defvar *libgz-path* "/usr/lib/libz.so"
"Set this variable to point to the location of the zlib library
(libz.so or zlib.dll) on your system.")
which begs the question of where is zlib.dll for 64 bits? It is not on
my machine and I cant seem to find it on the WWW...
Any LISPer's using CL-PDF on ACL WIndows 64bit who have solved this
problem? Any help much appreciated...

Here is what seems like a package precompiled for mingw64 of zlib-1.2.5
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/External%20binary%20packages%20%28Win64%20hosted%29/Binaries%20%2864-bit%29/zlib-1.2.5-bin-x64.zip/download>
.

Just in case it could be useful to you.

Cheers,

JCB

[Nick Levine]

Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:10:53 -0700
[...]
Ok, now to use CL-PDF on Allegro I SVN'ed it from
https://github.com/mbattyani/cl-pdf and tried to build it ...

1. Was there any particular reason for not using quicklisp? There
should be no "try to build" with quicklisp - it's supposed to Just
Work.

(ql:quickload :cl-pdf)

2. cl-pdf.asd (which is what quickload will load) gives you a choice
of compressions. Salza is implemented in lisp.

;;;Choose the zlib implementation you want to use (only one!)
(eval-when (:load-toplevel :compile-toplevel :execute)
;;(pushnew :use-salza2-zlib *features*)
;;(pushnew :use-salza-zlib *features*)
;;(pushnew :use-uffi-zlib *features*)
;;(pushnew :use-abcl-zlib *features*)
(pushnew :use-no-zlib *features*)
)

Hey Presto! Escape that Library Hell!

- nick