Question

When I try load Lift package through emacs-slime.

(load "/home/user/lib/lift")

I catch the next error

; compiling (LOAD "/home/user/lib/lift");; swank:close-connection: encoding error on stream
                       #<SB-SYS:FD-STREAM
                         for "socket 127.0.0.1:36328, peer: 127.0.0.1:59724"
                         {1003D9F5E1}>
                       (:EXTERNAL-FORMAT :LATIN-1):
                         the character with code 1069 cannot be encoded.

What wrong and how I can load this package?

Answer 1

From the CL spec, LOAD is used for loading Common Lisp source or compiled files. I’m guessing that /home/user/lib/lift is a directory on your system, and that’s why LOAD isn’t working.

You’ll probably have the most luck if you install LIFT using Quicklisp, then load the library like it says in the LIFT User’s Guide:

(in-package #:common-lisp-user)  
(use-package :lift)