Re: Init file commands crashing

Depending on what START-MY-CODE actually does, and when you want it  
done, you may want to lookup EVAL-WHEN.  If you want START-MY-CODE to  
be called only when loading, you may need to do something like

(eval-when (:load-toplevel)
   (start-my-code))

HTH.

-Klaus.


On 07/02/2008, at 12:45, Thomas Summerall wrote:

>
> I have set up an initialization file (.lispworks) so I can have LW  
> execute some commands I am constantly typing in after it launches.
>
> There are two commands I always use after loading and compiling my  
> project file:
>
> (in-package..)
> (start-my-code)
>
> If I load and compile my project file then type those two commands  
> in the listener everything is fine.
>
> If I instead put a (compile-if-needed "myfile" :load t) in the init  
> file followed by the two commands above I get a crash into my  
> command line:
>
> "/tmp/LWtemp.MYCOMPUTERNAME.local.235.0.command; exit
> my-routine.nfasl
> ;Loading fasl file /Users/MYUSERNAME/myproject/myfilename.fasl
> ;Loading fasl file /Users/MYUSERNAME/myproject/abotherfilename.fasl
> etc
>
> ERROR: Bad arguments to MYROUTINENAME: NIL NIL"
>
> So my questions is, what's different about putting the commands in  
> the init file?  Or is there a difference I need to know about  
> between (compile-file-if-needed) and the process of opening the  
> project file and clicking the compile button?
>
> I tried this using the model init file and adding the commands at  
> the end and also with an init file that only has these commands.
>
> Thanks for any help on this.
>