2.2 Delivering the program

Having compiled the program, the next step is to attempt delivery, where you will load the compiled file in a fresh LispWorks session.

Programs are delivered with the function deliver. This function takes three mandatory arguments. There are also many optional keyword arguments to help Delivery make the smallest image possible.

You can read more about the deliver function in Delivering your Application.

Keywords to the Delivery Function describes all the optional keyword arguments available.

In this example, we use just one of the optional keyword arguments, and of course we provide the mandatory arguments. These are:

• The name of a startup function. This is the first function called when the application is run.
• A pathname specifying where to write the delivered image.
• A delivery level. This is an integer in the range 0 to 5. It controls how much work is done to make the image smaller during delivery. At level 0, little effort is put into making a smaller image, while at level 5 a variety of strategies are employed.

You can deliver and run the application in two ways: either use the LispWorks IDE, or use a command shell. This means a DOS command window (on Microsoft Windows), Terminal.app (Mac OS X) or a shell (Unix/Linux etc).

2.2.1 Delivering the program using the LispWorks IDE

2.2.2 Delivering the program using a command shell

2.2.3 Further example