On Saturday 29 November 2008 17:28, puzzler wrote:
> On Windows, when I enter the following line from "Getting Started"
> into the REPL, nothing happens... it just hangs:
> (. javax.swing.JOptionPane (showMessageDialog nil "Hello World"))
>
> Any idea why this isn't working for me?

Is it possible that the message alert / dialog / window is simply being 
opened behind the one in which you're running the Clojure REPL?

Also, it's probably prudent to be running a recent release of either 
version 1.5 or 1.6 of Sun's JVM / JDK.


> Also, has anyone written a more detailed guide to getting up and
> running on a Windows system.  It sounds like the main editor people
> are using is Emacs, with other modes (and what exactly is Slime?).
> Anyone have a step-by-step guide to getting this stuff operational?

I don't use Emacs (nor do I use Windows for my programming work), but 
since the REPL is itself purely character-oriented, there should be no 
real problem using it on Windows. Cygwin (<http://cygwin.com/>) is 
always highly recommended for programmers saddled with Windows!

SLIME is an Emacs-based development environment for programming Lisp 
under Emacs (technically, "The Superior Lisp Interaction Mode for 
Emacs"). You might want to check out "Like Slime, for Vim": 
<http://technotales.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/like-slime-for-vim/>.


> Is Enclojure ready for prime-time?  On Windows?

I'm not really qualified to say, but I will anyway: YES!

But seriously, insofar as Java and Swing are fully supported and 
co-equal for Windows, MacOS and Linux, Clojure is likewise fully 
supported on all three platforms.


> Looking forward to trying more Clojure,
>
> Mark



Randall Schulz

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