Cl-Exe-Template

Common lisp template project to build standalone executables.

Often, I find myself writing scripts for people who just want to run them without any additional fluff. This gets things started quickly and saves a little time.

Usage

Use it with just.

Put the following in a file cl.just, somewhere you can use it with just, usually at $HOME/.just/cl.just

@new name:
  git clone https://github.com/ryloric/cl-exe-template.git {{name}}
  cd {{name}} && rm -rf .git && mv cl-exe-template.asd {{name}}.asd && find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/cl-exe-template/{{name}}/gI' {} + && git init

Add the following alias somewhere where your shell can pick it up. Change cl.just's location if needed.

alias jcl='just --justfile ~/.just/cl.just --working-directory .'

Reload your shell's init file. For zsh..

$ source ~/.zshrc

You can create a new project with

$ jcl new <project-name>

To build an exe, you can do

$ just make-exe

This builds <project-name.exe> with sbcl's core compression enabled. This can be distributed and run easily.