[ clisp-Feature Requests-1823560 ] load system-wide RC file

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Feature Requests item #1823560, was opened at 2007-10-31 11:55
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Category: Extend ANSI CL
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Sam Steingold (sds)
Assigned to: Sam Steingold (sds)
Summary: load system-wide RC file

Initial Comment:
On startup, CLISP loads a user RC file (~/.clisprc),
but no system-wide RC files (e.g., /etc/clisprc).
see http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/clisp.html#opt-norc
http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/image.html

Proposal:
1. interactive sessions load /etc/clisprc (.lisp or .fas)
unless called with -norc-global (or -norc, see [2] below)
2. -norc suppresses both global and user RC files
3. -norc-user suppresses user RC file 
but not the global one.
4. saveinitmem accepts :norc-global and :norc-user in addition to :norc which overrides their defaults but is overriden by them.
5. batch sessions (script execution) do not load any RC files, like now.

Issues:
1. where should the global rc file reside on win32? (c:\.clisprc - but does c: make sense under vista?)
2. which file should be loaded first: system-wide or user? (system should come first so that the user can override some settings)

Rationale:
1. stumwm apparently wants this
2. sbcl loads /etc/sbclrc; bash loads /etc/bashrc
3. emacs loads two system RC files: one before the user and one after.

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