Xgcl software is now available; it provides an interface to X windows from GCL (Gnu Common Lisp, formerly Austin Kyoto Common Lisp or AKCL). There is a low-level interface to the Xlib routines, and there is an easy-to-use interface that provides graphics, menus, and mouse interaction via functions that are called from Lisp. Xgcl is built on top of GCL, and it is somewhat larger (e.g. 6.7 MB for Xgcl vs. 4.9 MB for GCL) because it incorporates Xlib. To make Xgcl, you must first obtain and make GCL. The code was written by Gordon Novak, Hiep Nguyen, and William Schelter. The file is called xgcl-2.tgz . Xgcl and GCL can be FTP'd from: math.utexas.edu pub/gcl ftp.cli.com pub/gcl cs.utexas.edu pub/novak/xgcl (Xgcl file only) http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/novak (Xgcl file only) Put the xgcl-2.tgz file in the same directory as gcl-1.1.tgz . Uncompress it with: gzip -dc xgcl-2.tgz | tar xvf - Then see the README in the directory xgcl-2.