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2.1 Running the Demos

The McCLIM source distribution comes with a number of demos and applications. They are intended to showcase specific CLIM features, demonstrate programming techniques or provide useful tools.

These demos and applications are available in the Examples and Apps subdirectories of the source tree's root directory. Instructions for compiling, loading and running some of the demos are included in the files with the McCLIM installation instructions for your Common Lisp implementation. See for example the file INSTALL if you use Allegro CL, INSTALL.CMU for CMUCL, INSTALL.OPENMCL for OpenMCL, and so on.

Below is a complete list of the McCLIM demos and applications, sorted in alphabetical order. Each entry provides a short description of what the program does, with instructions for compiling and running it if not mentioned in the general installation instructions.

Apps/Listener
CLIM-enabled Lisp listener. See the compilation and execution instructions in Apps/Listener/README.
Examples/address-book.lisp
Simple address book. See McCLIM's installation instructions.
Examples/calculator.lisp
Simple desk calculator. See McCLIM's installation instructions.
Examples/clim-fig.lisp
Simple paint program. You can run it by evaluating this form at the Lisp prompt: 
          (clim-demo::clim-fig)

Examples/colorslider.lisp
Interactive color editor. See McCLIM's installation instructions.
Examples/demodemo.lisp
Demonstrates different pane types. You can compile it by evaluating: 
          (compile-file "Examples/demodemo.lisp")

Then load it with: 

          (load "Examples/demodemo")

Finally, run it with: 

          (clim-demo::demodemo)

Examples/goatee-test.lisp
Text editor with Emacs-like key bindings. See McCLIM's installation instructions.
Examples/menutest.lisp
Displays a window with a simple menu bar. See McCLIM's installation instructions.
Examples/postscript-test.lisp
Displays text and graphics to a PostScript file. Run it with: 
          (clim-demo::postscript-test)

The resulting file ps-test.ps is generated in the current directory and can be displayed by a PostScript viewer such as gv on Unix-like systems.

Examples/presentation-test.lisp
Displays an interactive window in which you type numbers that are successively added. When a number is expected as input, you can either type it at the keyboard, or click on a previously entered number. Run it with: 
          (clim:run-frame-top-level (clim:make-application-frame
                                     'clim-demo::summation))

Examples/sliderdemo.lisp
Apparently a calculator demo (see above). Compile with: 
          (compile-file "Examples/sliderdemo.lisp")

Load with: 

          (load "Examples/sliderdemo")

Run with: 

          (clim-demo::slidertest)

Examples/stream-test.lisp
Interactive command processor that echoes its input. Run with: 
          (clim-demo::run-test)

The following programs are currently known not to work: