HLSIM

Installing HLSIM on your Linux or NT box

Preparation

You need to install MIT-Scheme before you can run HLSIM. MIT-Scheme requires 50 Megabytes of free disk space to install. You can reclaim about a third of it by removing the ZIP files when you are finished.

Files

MIT Scheme for Linux ZIP file (16 M)
MIT Scheme for NT ZIP file (17 M)
HLSIM files ZIP file (370 k)
Updated: Sept 25
Tutorial examples ZIP file (4 k)
Updated: Sept 5
HLSIM manual Postscript (220 k)
Updated: Sept 30

Instructions

Installing MIT-Scheme for Linux

It is best to start in a fresh directory
Get the linux.zip file.
Unzip the file:
```
    unzip linux.zip
```
You should now have two directory structures, bin and lib
Copy the files in bin to /usr/local/bin
Move (rename) the lib directory to /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme
Test it by running Edwin:
```
    edwin -band all.com  -heap 3000
```
At this point you should be able to type in expressions and evaluate them (M-z or C-x e.)
Delete the zip file.

Installing MIT-Scheme for NT

Make a top-level directory called scheme, e.g. d:\scheme
Get the nt.zip file into that directory.
Unzip the file:
```
    unzip nt.zip
```
You should now have three directory structures, bin, doc and lib
Edit the following environment variables (use the Settings => Control Panel => System => Environment)
- add d:\scheme\bin to PATH
- set MITSCHEME_LIBRARY_PATH = d:\scheme\lib
Test the installation. You should be able to run scheme by running
```
    scheme -band all.com -heap 3000 -eval (edwin)
```
Two windows will open. The first one will iconify almost immediately. Ignore it. The second is the edwin editor, which is a lot like Emacs 18. At this point you should be able to type in expressions and evaluate them (M-z or C-x e.)
You will probably want to make a short-cut to start scheme.
Delete the zip file.

Installing HLSIM

We suggest that you install HLSIM in /gunk/hlsim/stable as follows:

Linux:

    mkdir /gunk/hlsim/stable
    cp hlsim.zip /gunk/hlsim/stable
    cd /gunk/hlsim/stable
    unzip hlsim.zip

Windows NT:

    mkdir D:\gunk\hlsim\stable
    copy hlsim.zip D:\gunk\hlsim\stable
    D:
    cd \gunk\hlsim\stable
    unzip hlsim.zip

Using the examples

Adding a `load-option`

If you put HLSIM in D:/gunk/hlsim/stable put the following text

    (define-load-option 'hlsim
      (lambda ()
        (load "D:/gunk/hlsim/stable/loader")))

In one of two places:

    /usr/lib/mit-scheme/optiondb.scm
    ~/.scheme.init

Last updated on 23 September 1997

adams@ai.mit.edu.