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In terms of reading plaintext files, I think that existing XCCS files can be dealt with relatively efficiently, without require a characterizing copy. Right now the code (incorrectly) makes a...

To be more specific: this happens on Firefox, not on Safari. And to be more specific: The browser menu pops up for the right button only when the shift key...

On the LOAD/WHEREIS for imageobjecgt getfns, I noticed that it wouldn’t help in cases where the getfn of the image object was on a subsidiary file whose loading didn’t bring...

This needs more work, it has gotten very tedious. It now asks the redefine question (hanging in the far-away prompt window) every time I edit the function, even though I...

Also DEFINQ((\XXX NIL NIL)) says that \XXX may be unsafe to redefine. But it isn't defined yet. One reasonable convention: It should only ask if an expr would replace a...

I am backing out of this, in my own work environment. It tends to scramble things. The question/answer behavior is confusing, and there is no good answer. If you say...

As I said, I think it should not repeat the question on a later edit, if the first answer was “No”. Instead of asking, it should print a message like...

I have encountered this, also with DEFMACRO. The tweaking I did was not about compile file, it was fixing the filemap on the source files so that PF would work...

One other thought: It may be that the error message can be made more helpful. If the problem is that the source filemap is correct (based on what I did...

Is there a way of calling the FAKE-COMPILE-FILE compiler on a a particular DEFUN or DEFMACRO definition in the middle of an ordinary RECOMPILE? The file-map error is produced by...