InstallationNotes.txt

Installation notes
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Inflisp was developed with Borland Delphi3. A well known problem
is that Borland some day replaced the unit dsgnintf.pas.
The background is described in http://dn.codegear.com/article/27717

So in newer versions of Delphi you've got to do a couple
of things.

In expr_reg.pas, replace

uses
  dsgnintf;

by

uses
  designintf,
  designeditors;


The file expr_reg.pas contains the registration call for TLispExpression.
TLispExpression is the main component of Inflisp which represents a call
to the Lisp system. TLispExpression must be installed into a package
of your own choice, for example a new one.

It may be possible that you must add a reference to designide.dcp
to your package.

- Under the 'requires' section, add designide
  The package will look like

  package Package1;
  ...
  requires
    designide,
    rtl,
    vcl;

  contains
    expr_reg in 'inflisp3.2\expr_reg.pas';

  end.

- Compile the package.
  Normally there should be no more problems.

- With the Personal Edition, there might be an error remaining, like
  [Fatal Error] Package1.dpk(28): E2202 Package 'xmlrtl' needed 
  but could not be found.

  This is called the XMLRTL problem. See
  http://andy.jgknet.de/oss/kylix/wiki/index.php/Delphi_2005_Personal_Edition_xmlrtl.dcp_fake
  http://andy.jgknet.de/blog/

- Get D2k5PExmlrtlFake.zip from the above address.
- From that you get a xmlrtl.dcp, which you have to copy
  to ...\Borland\BDS\3.0\lib
- Then the package should be compilable.
- The next step is to install the package. This can be done by 

  View / Project Management / Package1.bpl / Right mouse click / Install

- Now you have a new VCL category Inflisp with a component TLispExpression.

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Another compiler error might occur.

unit lspCreat;
....

procedure LspLockGC;
begin
  GcIsLocked := true;
end;

[Error] lspcreat.pas(416): E2064 Left side cannot be assigned to 

In that case, go to the compiler options and active 
assignable typed constants.


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Compiling Demo.dpr
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It might be the case that you get an error compiling this Delphi project.
[Fatal Error] strng.pas(926): F2039 Cannot create output file 'c:\inflisp\inflisp3.2\dcu\strng.dcu' 

This comes from the current default settings. In the Project Options, 
choose an appropriate output directory, which must exist.

Joachim Pimiskern, 9.Nov.2008