https://github.com/mmontone/cl-xul

Mozilla XUL bindings for Common Lisp
https://github.com/mmontone/cl-xul

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Mozilla XUL bindings for Common Lisp

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mmontone/cl-xul
• Owner: mmontone
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-11-22T18:52:09.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-03-01T16:46:48.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-11T09:26:58.355Z (over 2 years ago)
• Topics: common-lisp, gui, lisp
• Language: Common Lisp
• Homepage: http://mmontone.github.io/cl-xul
• Size: 610 KB
• Stars: 29
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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CL-XUL

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[![Quicklisp](http://quickdocs.org/badge/cl-xul.svg)](http://quickdocs.org/cl-xul/)

[![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](./LICENSE)

[**CL-XUL**](https://github.com/mmontone/cl-xul) is a library that helps to create [**Mozilla XUL**](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL) user interfaces in Common Lisp.

It uses [IOlib](http://www.cliki.net/IOlib) based [clws](http://www.cliki.net/clws) library for the communication between the Mozilla XULRunner and Common Lisp via [web sockets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSocket). Because of the IOlib limitation, it works only on Linux at the moment, until a platform independent implementation of websockets is found. Also, I've only tried it from [SBCL](http://www.sbcl.org) so far.

CL-XUL implements a component-based architecture, standard widgets support, easy communication between client and server and automatic view updates and a readable description of GUI directly in Common Lisp, with no need of external XML files.  

Its implementation can be considered similar to that of the [Phobos](http://code.google.com/p/phobos-framework/) Smalltalk framework,  and to the javascript implementation [XULJet](https://code.google.com/p/xuljet/), although it is not quite the same.

This is still work in progress, and there's no documentation at the moment (it is coming soon, though) but a demo can be tried. 

As of December 26 of 2013, CL-XUL can be obtained from [Quicklisp](http://www.quicklisp.org/).

Evaluate `(ql:quickload :cl-xul)` to download and install the system, and `(ql:quickload :cl-xul-test)` followed by `(xul-test:showcase)` to run the demo.

Alternatively, download the source code from here and point `cl-xul.asd` and `cl-xul-test.asd` system definition files from `./sbcl/system (ln -s )` and then evaluate:

`(require :cl-xul-test)`

and

`(xul-test:showcase)`

from your lisp listener. 

You will also need to satisfy the system dependencies:

- alexandria

- log5

- parenscript

- cxml

- cl-fad

- closer-mop

- clws

- cl-json

- md5

The easiest way of installing those packages is via [Quicklisp](http://www.quicklisp.org/).

This library is under the MIT licence.

Screenshots

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![Screenshot 1](https://raw.github.com/mmontone/cl-xul/master/doc/images/screenshot1.png)

![Screenshot 2](https://raw.github.com/mmontone/cl-xul/master/doc/images/screenshot2.png)

![Screenshot 3](https://raw.github.com/mmontone/cl-xul/master/doc/images/screenshot3.png)