Error message when starting newLISP-tk

[femol]

I tried installing newLISP to try it out but after starting it gave me this:



Error sourcing /freewrap/newlisp-tk.tcl: error flushing "sock156": software caused connection abort

too many nested evaluations (infinite loop?)

too many nested evaluations (infinite loop?)

    while executing

".scroll set  0 0"

    (vertical scrolling command executed by text)

too many nested evaluations (infinite loop?)

    while executing

".scroll set  0 1"

    (vertical scrolling command executed by text)



I searched around but didn't find anything in that respect.

Anyone can help me with some pointers?



Thanks in advance.

[nigelbrown]

Hi,

The newlisp installer for 8.8.0 installs and newlisp-tk runs fine on my win-xp home SP2  

system. Could you give more details on your system and how the install went?



Regards

Nigel

[femol]

Hi, thanks for replying.



The install went ok, no errors.

My system is a Windows XP Professional SP2

I tought it could have to do with ZoneAlarm since I read somewhere that

the communication between newLISP and the console occurs via TCP/IP, but

neither opening some ports or disabling ZoneAlarm helped much...



This occurs right after I start newLISP-tk.



Any ideas?



Thanks!

[nigelbrown]

Try

1.Check that newlisp itself can be started from the commandline

eg open console box, cd to directory, newlisp.exe and check it starts.

2.check no newlisp is already running before newlisp-tk is started



I'll try to think about how to check sockets.



Nigel

[femol]

From the console it runs just fine.



Checked for instances of newLISP running before starting, and there were none.



Elusive bug indeed.



Thanks again.

[pjot]

Though I am not an experienced WIndows user, I hear that WinXP has a built-in firewall, which is switched on by default.



NewLisp-TK listens to TCP port 64001. Are you sure this built-in firewall is not bothering you?



Peter

[femol]

I am afraid this isn't the case, as i disabled it so it didn't conflict with ZoneAlarm.



Anyway, even when it disabled i tried opening up TCP 64001 (this is windows after all) but had no success.



Thanks for the tip though.

[Ryon]

newLISP-TK has been out for some time, and is very stable. The only trouble I've had with Windows is that sometimes it will leave a process running. You might do the Ctl-Alt-Del thing to see if it has left an orphan.



Other than that, have you tried to delete the folder and install from a new download?

[femol]

I must be the only one who has this problem in the world, really.



Searching google and the forums for answers came up empty.



I tried terminating the process tree from the process manager, but this didn't help also.



Tried also uninstalling, deleting the entire folder by hand and reinstalling, with both the stable and the development version, but neither worked.



I guess I must stick to Scheme or Common Lisp then? : (



Any other ideas? Or IDEs? Something like newLISP-tk that I can use?



Thanks to all.

[nigelbrown]

Still on newlisp-tk - perhaps



1) another install of tk/tcl is getting in the way?



2) check contents of config file. Newlisp-tk manual says:



"The file newlisp-tk.config can be found in the startup directory of newlisp-tk.exe. If no newlisp-tk.config is found, newLISP-tk will start using default values for all configuration parameters. A newlisp-tk.config file can be generated by selecting Options/Save Settings from the main console menu.



Two different ports are used for TCLTKport and newLISPport but newLISPhost and TCLTKhost should have the same IP address, normally 127.0.0.1, when running the GUI front-end and the newlisp executable on the same computer. After an unsuccessful startup use the Windows Task Manager to make sure that none of the processes newlisp-tk.exe and newlisp.exe has been left running. After a failed start attempt remove those processes and start over again executing newlisp-tk.exe.

"



Regarding another IDE I've used Vim with bracket matching and lisp syntax highlighting to edit newlisp files, save them (you can leave vim open on the file, it doesn't lock it), then run newlisp in a console window for testing - not very integrated I'll grant but usable. I used it to test running newlisp instances on an openmosix setup where having a link to newlisp-tk didn't make sense anyway. I've not tried setting up for running newlisp as a tool from vim but maybe a better Vim'er could help you there.



Nigel



PS <edit>

Openmosix testing was under linux but the using vim that way also works in windows.



for your reference

My newlisp-tk.config is:

# newlisp-tk.config - newLISP Tcl/Tk configuration file

#

# This file is generated by menu "Options/Save settings"

#



set Ide(HelpProgram) "$env(PROGRAMFILES)/Internet Explorer/IEXPLORE.EXE"

set Ide(TCLTKhost) "127.0.0.1"

set Ide(TCLTKport) "64002"

set Ide(WinPosX) "183"

set Ide(WinPosY) "120"

set Ide(consoleBackground) "white"

set Ide(consoleForeground) "navy"

set Ide(consoleHeight) "30"

set Ide(consoleWidth) "80"

set Ide(debuggerBackground) "white"

set Ide(debuggerForeground) "navy"

set Ide(debuggerHeight) "24"

set Ide(debuggerWidth) "65"

set Ide(editorBackground) "white"

set Ide(editorForeground) "navy"

set Ide(editorHeight) "30"

set Ide(editorWidth) "65"

set Ide(fontName) "Fixedsys"

set Ide(fontSize) "10"

set Ide(imageDir) "/freewrap/images"

set Ide(initCommand) ""

set Ide(lispFileExtension) ".lsp"

set Ide(maxHistory) "50"

set Ide(newLISPapp) ""

set Ide(newLISPhost) "127.0.0.1"

set Ide(newLISPport) "64001"

set Ide(platform) "windows"

set Ide(HelpTopic-tk) {C:Program Filesnewlispnewlisp-tk.html}

[femol]

I don't have other install of TCL/TK in the same machine.Unless Ruby installed something in that respect.I will try uninstalling it just to be sure.



The config file seems exactly like mine.Strange.



I am more of an Emacs guy, do you know of any mode for it? One that has

some kind of interaction like SLIME?



Thanks.

[Ryon]

How does Tk respond to calls to ports 64001 and 64002? Could we write a newLISP function that checks to see if there's anything there?

[Lutz]

Both applications wait for command lines entered on their respective ports. newLISP on  64001 and Tcl/Tk on  64001 after establishing a connection.



Before the connection is established you could just use telnet to check it out, becuase everything is text based.



Lutz

[newdep]

Hi Femol,



I actualy never use windows,or windows with newlisp ;-)

but i just installed it on my XP machine (running defender/AntiVir and XP

Firewall) The only complain I got during the start of "newlisp-tk.exe"

was "Do you want to block this application"... I rejected it and it works

like a charm... Also during the shutdown it askes me the same question

again.. I dont have Tcl/TK installed on my machine...



Regards, Norman.

[HPW]

I used newLISP from the beginning on windows.

I have used it on all flavors of windows.

WIN95,NT4,WIN2K and XP.

Only on WIN95 I had to install TCP/IP dlls because they are not standard there. The other made no problem.