maxima with asdf, slime compatibility, cl-user::run error at startup

Current CVS version runs successfully. Thanks for your help.

>>>>> "RD" == Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> writes:

    > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:35 AM, Ezequiel Birman
    > <stormwatch at espiga4.com.ar> wrote:

> Hello. I am new to maxima.

    > Terrific, thanks for your interest in Maxima.

    >> 1) I'd prefer to use it as a library through asdf rather than run
    >> another sbcl image (I am running stumpwm already). I found
    >> maxima.asd under src/. so i guess it is indeed possible. Is my
    >> guess correct?

    > I have used asdf to build maxima with ABCL.  It seems to work
    > OK. I'll be glad to give more detail if you want.

    > I don't have answers for your other questions, sorry.

    > Robert Dodier

Yes please! I am using SBCL.

Thanks also to Raymond Toy who replied by email (perhaps my registration
through gmane was broken?):

    > You want to run maxima and your window manager in the same image?
    > What happens if maxima hangs your window manager or crashes it?
    > :-)

You're right. Maxima could hang stumpwm and viceversa :-)

    > Yes, you can load maxima using the asd file.  (I think.  I always
    > use the maxima.system file with mk defsys).

    >> 2) Also I'd like to know if maxima emacs mode is compatilble with
    >> slime.
    >> 
    > I don't think so.  I don't think slime would know what to do with
    > maxima input.  But it was possible to use slime with maxima.  I
    > have not done this in quite some time though.
    
    > Ray

What I'd like is to use lisp prefix notation with maxima. I am quite
used to it :)

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Ezequiel Birman