Using Xterm?
put this in your ~/XTerm 
and pressing F1 will start newlisp in your fav directory
XTerm.VT100*Translations: #override \
        <Key>F1:        string("cd /guru/programming; newlisp\n")\n
			
			
									
									5c for today (auto start newlisp F1)
5c for today (auto start newlisp F1)
-- (define? (Cornflakes))