Linux

Install GTK ​Emacs, ​Gnuplot and ​Graphviz by typing

 sudo apt-get install emacs22-gtk gnuplot-x11 graphviz

in your terminal.

2. Download ​ccl, unpack the archive and move the ccl folder somewhere, for example to /usr/local/share/ccl.

3.Download the latest ​Slime, unpack it and move it somewhere, for example to /usr/local/share/slime. Don’t use the slime debian package and don’t use the slime that comes with Emacs.

4. Create or edit the Emacs initialization file ~/.emacs with these commands (adapt the paths to your slime and to your ccl):

    (custom-set-variables
     '(cua-mode t nil (cua-base))
      ;;; uncomment this if you don't want the tool bar
      ;; '(tool-bar-mode nil)
      '(show-paren-mode t)
      '(column-number-mode t)
      '(indent-tabs-mode nil)
      '(make-backup-files nil))
   
    (add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/local/share/slime")
    (require 'slime)
   
    (setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/local/share/ccl/lx86cl64")
    ;;; use this in 32Bit Linux
    ;;(setq inferior-lisp-program "/usr/local/share/ccl/lx86cl")
   
    (slime-setup '(slime-repl slime-autodoc slime-fancy-inspector))
   
    ;;; this automatically starts the lisp
    (command-execute 'slime)
   

5. Start Emacs. It should automatically start a lisp listener and look like this:
   

If not, check the *messages* buffer of Emacs to see what went wrong. It might for example be that your previous installation of Emacs automatically loaded another slime (in this case check the /etc/emacs/site-start.d/} folder).

6. Finally, install ​Chrome (recommended) or ​Firefox for interacting with the web interface of Babel2.

7. Take 30 minutes to read how to use Emacs together with Lisp and then follow the instructions for setting up Babel2.