Arguments: &key host load-init-file init-filename
UNIX only.
This function starts Allegro Composer. You must be running Allegro CL
as a subprocess of Emacs (started with the fi:common-lisp emacs
command) or startup of Composer will fail. You can also start Allegro Composer
with the Start Composer
item on the Composer menu on the Emacs menu bar.
The host keyword argument specifies the machine running X windows where Composer windows will be displayed. This argument defaults to teh value of the DISPLAY environment variable. It is untypical to have to specify this argument because the Emacs process presumably knows the display (since the Emacs window is typically displayed there) and passes it to Allegro CL. If specified, the value should be a string of the form "[machine]:[display].[screen]" where [machine] is the X host, [display] is an integer (typically 0) specifying the display on that machine, and [screen] is an integer (typically 0) specifying the screen in that display. Specifying a [screen] is optional. Typical values are thus "franz:0" and "franz:0.0".
The load-init-file specifies whether the Composer
init file should be loaded (if present -- it is not an error to
specify this argument true even if no init file exists). The init file
name is the value of the variable *composer-init-filename*, but if the
init-filename is non-nil, its value should be a string naming a file
(which need not exist) and that file (if there) is loaded as the init
file.
See composer.htm for general information on Allegro Composer.
The documentation is described in introduction.htm and the index is in index.htm.
Copyright (c) 1998-2000, Franz Inc. Berkeley, CA., USA. All rights reserved.
Created 2000.10.5.