Re: *.lisp in /usr/info, redux

On 6/14/26 2:14 AM, Michel Talon wrote:

> Note this also requires salza2 for compression. I have seen the 
> following inside:
>
>  #-(or lispworks sbcl openmcl cmu clisp ecl clasp)
>   (error "run-external is not supported for this lisp implementation"))
>
> so no gcl support.
>
But we don’t need compression do we? I thought we were just looking to 
be able to read compressed info files.

I do wonder how important that is. I don’t really use the text help 
version that much. I almost always use the html version because the 
equations look better and I can click the cross-references.

> Le 14/06/2026 à 00:45, Raymond Toy a écrit :
>>
>> On 6/13/26 11:48 AM, Robert Dodier wrote:
>>
>>> Well, if we end up with such a library as an external dependency, that
>>> it would be pulled into the build and baked into the binary image. So
>>> actually obtaining the library would only be an issue for developers.
>> That’s fine with me. But if developers have to get it and it’s going 
>> to be baked in any way, we might as well get it once and include it 
>> in the sources. Assuming it’s GPL or compatible in some other way.
>>
>> A quick google search produces https://github.com/sharplispers/chipz, 
>> which, I think, is the library I was thinking of. BSD-3 license. 
>> Don’t know if works with all the current lisps. There are quite a few 
>> others but I’ve never used them.
>>
>>
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