Thanks Daniel, the workaround lets me run the McCLIM demos just fine.
By the way, I have a McCLIM loading issue also with CLISP. Is it related? Is the venerable CLISP even supposed to run current McCLIM?
[1]> (ql:quickload :clim-examples)
To load "clim-examples":
Load 1 ASDF system:
clim-examples
; Loading "clim-examples"
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[package cluffer-standard-buffer]
*** - DEFPACKAGE CLUFFER-STANDARD-BUFFER: unknown option :LOCAL-NICKNAMES
The following restarts are available:
RETRY :R1 Retry compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "cluffer-standard-buffer" "packages">.
ACCEPT :R2 Continue, treating compiling #<CL-SOURCE-FILE "cluffer-standard-buffer" "packages"> as having been successful.
RETRY :R3 Retry ASDF operation.
CLEAR-CONFIGURATION-AND-RETRY :R4 Retry ASDF operation after resetting the configuration.
ABORT :R5 Give up on "clim-examples"
REGISTER-LOCAL-PROJECTS :R6 Register local projects and try again.
ABORT :R7 Abort main loop
Break 1 [2]>