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From: vijay@gt-cmmsr.GATECH.EDU (Vijay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.xerox
Subject: HELP : CONVERSION FROM INTERLISP TO COMMON LISP
Message-ID: <32005@gt-cmmsr.GATECH.EDU>
Date: 26 Apr 88 04:34:56 GMT
Reply-To: vijay@gt-cmmsr.GATECH.EDU (Vijay)
Organization: Center for Man-Machine Systems Research - Ga Tech
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   HELP NEEDED TO CHANGE FILES WRITTEN IN INTERLISP TO XEROX-COMMON-LISP.

   IN PARTICULAR :- HOW TO READ IN A COMMON LISP FILE CREATED IN INTERLISP

   ENVIRONMENT INTO THE COMMON LISP ENVIRONMENT.


	I am in the process of changing files ( a power plant simulation)
written in Interlisp-D to Xerox Common Lisp. I would appreciate if someone
who has had some experience doing a similar task or has knowledge of it
could chip in an advice or two.

 THINGS I HAVE ALREADY DONE :

1) I have partitioned the 40MB hard disc on Xerox 1108 Dandelion to support
both the KOTO and LYRIC environment.

2) The functions in all the files have been DWIMIFYed in KOTO and transferred
to the LYRIC environment.

3) The simulation runs fine from the OLD-INTERLISP window in LYRIC.

4) I have translated the diwimified files to XCL using TRANSOR. TRANSOR stores
the translated files on the hard disc using the same filename with extention
TRAN.

 WHERE I NEED HELP :

1) I cannot load (or CL:LOAD) the TRAN files into the environment. The error
I get is caused by the (DEFINE-FILE-INFO :READTABLE 'XCL :PACKAGE 'XCL-USER)
inserted in the TRAN file just above the translated functions.

2) Using the TEDIT I deleted all the statements above the translated functions
but it did not help either.

3) Although I can still DF a translated function from old-interlisp window
I cannot edit the function or the file from XCL window using ED command.


Please email any ideas to the following address

		vijay@gt-cmmsr.gatech.edu

Thanks in anticipation,
vijay vasandani
gatech box 33496,
atlanta ga 30332.
(404) 894-2348.
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Vijay

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