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- NAME
- clisp - Common Lisp language interpreter and compiler
-
- SYNOPSIS
- clisp [ -h ] [ -m memsize ] [ -s stacksize ] [ -M memfile ]
- [ -q ] [ -i initfile ... ] [ -c [ -l ] lispfile ... ] [ -x
- expression ]
-
- DESCRIPTION
- Invokes the common lisp interpreter and compiler. Invoked
- without arguments, executes a read-eval-print loop, in which
- expressions are in turn read from standard input, evaluated
- by the lisp interpreter, and their results output to stan-
- dard output. Invoked with -c, the specified lisp files are
- compiled to a bytecode that can be executed more effi-
- ciently.
-
- OPTIONS
- -h Displays a help message on how to use clisp.
-
- -m memsize
- Sets the amount of memory clisp tries to grab on
- startup. The amount may be given as nnnnnnn (measured
- in bytes), nnnnK or nnnnKB (measured in kilobytes) or
- nM or nMB (measured in megabytes). Default is 2 mega-
- bytes. The argument is constrained between 100 KB and
- 16 MB. -- This version of clisp allocates memory
- dynamically. memsize is essentially ignored.
-
- -s stacksize
- Sets the size of the stack clisp allocates for itself.
- The syntax is the same as for memsize. Default is one
- eighth of memsize. The argument is constrained between
- 40 KB and 8 MB.
-
- -M memfile
- Specifies the initial memory image. This must be a
- memory dump produced by the saveinitmem function.
-
- -q Quiet: clisp displays no banner at startup and no
- good-bye message when quitting.
-
- -i initfile ...
- Specifies initialization files to be loaded at startup.
- These should be lisp files (source or compiled).
-
- -c lispfile ...
- Compiles the specified lispfiles to bytecode. The com-
- piled files can then be loaded instead of the sources
- to gain efficiency.
-
- -l A bytecode listing of the files being compiled will be
- produced. Useful only for debugging purposes.
-
- -x expressions
- Executes a series of arbitrary expressions instead of a
- read-eval-print loop. The values of the expressions
- will be output to standard output. Due to the argument
- processing done by the shell, the expressions must be
- enclosed in single quotes, and double quotes and
- backslashes must be preceded by backslashes.
-
- WORKBENCH
- Two kinds of tooltypes are supported:
-
- WINDOW= windowspec
- clisp will communicate with the console window or pipe
- specified by windowspec.
-
- ARGS= arguments
- Specifies the command line arguments for clisp. Within
- arguments the token `*' may be used to denote the
- project's filename. arguments defaults to `-i *' which
- means that the file will be loaded (see above).
-
- REFERENCE
- The language implemented conforms to
- Guy L. Steele Jr.: Common Lisp - The Language.
- Digital Press. 1st edition 1984, 465 pages.
- ("CLtL1" for short)
- and to the older parts of
- Guy L. Steele Jr.: Common Lisp - The Language.
- Digital Press. 2nd edition 1990, 1032 pages.
- ("CLtL2" for short)
-
- USE
- help to get some on-line help.
-
- (apropos name)
- lists the symbols relating to name.
-
- (exit) or (quit) or (bye)
- to quit clisp.
-
- EOF (Ctrl-\)
- to leave the current read-eval-print loop.
-
- FILES
- lisp.run
- main executable
-
- lispinit.mem
- initial memory image
-
- config.lsp
- site-dependent configuration
-
- *.lsp
- lisp source
-
- *.fas
- lisp code, compiled by clisp
-
- *.lib
- lisp source library information, generated and used by
- the clisp compiler
-
- ENVIRONMENT
- SEE ALSO
- cmulisp(1), emacs(1).
-
- BUGS
- The function inspect is not implemented.
-
- Only very few extensions from CLtL2 are supported.
-
- No on-line documentation beyond apropos and describe is
- available.
-
- PROJECTS
- Writing on-line documentation.
-
- Building a foreign function interface (ability to call C
- code directly).
-
- Write inspect.
-
- Enhance the compiler such that it can inline local func-
- tions.
-
- Specify a portable set of window and graphics operations.
-
- AUTHORS
- Bruno Haible <haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de> and
- Michael Stoll.
-
-