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;;;               1993, 1994 Ivan Vasquez
;;;               1994, 1995, 1996 Marco Antoniotti and Rick Busdiecker
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;;; ILISP mode documentation
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(defconst ilisp-documentation
  "Major mode for interacting with an inferior LISP process.  Runs a
LISP interpreter as a subprocess of Emacs, with LISP I/O through an
Emacs buffer.  If you have problems, use M-x ilisp-bug in the buffer
where you are having a problem to send a bug report.

To start a LISP use M-x run-ilisp, or a specific dialect like M-x
allegro.  If called with a prefix you will be prompted for a buffer
name and a program to run.  The default buffer name is the name of the
dialect.  The default program for a dialect will be the value of
DIALECT-program or the value of ilisp-program inherited from a less
specific dialect.  If there are multiple LISP's, use the dialect name
or select-ilisp \(\\[select-ilisp]) to select the current ILISP
buffer.

Currently supported LISP dialects include:
 clisp
   allegro
   lucid
   kcl
     akcl
       gcl
       ecl
     ibcl
   cmulisp
   clisp-hs
   lispworks
 scheme
   oaklisp

Customization: Starting a dialect runs the hooks on comint-mode-hook
and ilisp-mode-hook and then DIALECT-hooks specific to dialects in the
nesting order above.  On the very first prompt in the inferior LISP,
the hooks on ilisp-init-hook are run.  For more information on
creating a new dialect or variables to set in hooks, see ilisp.el.

Most of these key bindings work in both Lisp Mode and ILISP mode.
There are a few additional and-go bindings found in Lisp Mode.
\\{ilisp-use-map}
There are also a few bindings found in global-map including:
  \\[ilisp-bury-output] ilisp-bury-output
  \\[ilisp-scroll-output] ilisp-scroll-output
  \\[previous-buffer-lisp] previous-buffer-lisp
  \\[switch-to-lisp] switch-to-lisp

ILISP has a very flexible means for displaying output from the underlying lisp.
All output is funneled through the function bound to ilisp-display-output-function.
That function gets a single argument, the string to display, and should make it
visible to the user.  The default display function, ilisp-display-output-default,
displays one-line output in the echo area and longer output in a shrink-wrapped
typeout window.  This typeout window can be manipulated with \\[ilisp-bury-output]
ilisp-bury-output, \\[ilisp-scroll-output] ilisp-scroll-output, and \\[ilisp-grow-output]
ilisp-grow-output.

An alternative to typeout windows is to always have the inferior LISP
buffer visible and have all output go there.  If your are using the default
display function, then setting lisp-no-popper to T will cause all output to go
to the inferior LISP buffer.  Setting comint-always-scroll to T will cause
process output to always be visible.  If a command gets an error, you will be
left in the break loop.

Here are the supplied display functions:
 ilisp-display-output-default
 ilisp-display-output-adaptively
 ilisp-display-output-in-echo-area
 ilisp-display-output-in-typeout-window
 ilisp-display-output-in-lisp-listener

Each ILISP buffer has a command history associated with it.  Commands
that do not match ilisp-filter-regexp and that are longer than
ilisp-filter-length and that do not match the immediately prior
command will be added to this history.  comint-previous-input
\(\\[comint-previous-input]) and comint-next-input
\(\\[comint-next-input]) cycle through the input history.
comint-previous-similar-input \(\\[comint-previous-similar-input])
cycles through input that has the string typed so far as a prefix.

See comint-mode documentation for more information on comint commands.

A number of commands refer to \"defun\".  A \"defun\" is a list that
starts at the left margin in a LISP buffer, or after a prompt in the
ILISP buffer.  So the commands refer to the \"defun\" that contains
point.

There are two keyboard modes for interacting with the inferior LISP,
\"interactive\" and \"raw\".  Normally you are in interactive mode
where keys are interpreted as commands to EMACS and nothing is sent to
the inferior LISP unless a specific command does so.  In raw mode, all
characters are passed directly to the inferior LISP without any
interpretation as EMACS commands.  Keys will not be echoed unless
ilisp-raw-echo is T.  Raw mode can be turned on interactively by
raw-keys-ilisp \(\\[raw-keys-ilisp]) and will continue until you type
C-g.  Raw mode can also be turned on/off by inferior LISP functions if
io-bridge-ilisp \(\\[io-bridge-ilisp]) has been executed in the
inferior LISP interactively or on a hook.  To turn on raw mode, a
function should print ^[1^] and to turn it off should print ^[0^].

When you send something to LISP, the status light will reflect the
progress of the command.  If you type top-level forms ahead of the
processing, the status may indicate ready when the LISP is actually
running.  In a lisp mode buffer the light will reflect the status of
the currently selected inferior LISP unless lisp-show-status is nil.
If you want to find out what command is currently running, use the
command status-lisp \(\\[status-lisp]).  If you call it with a prefix,
the pending commands will be displayed as well.

If you are want to abort the last command you can use
\(\\[keyboard-quit]).  If you want to abort all commands, you should
use the command abort-commands-lisp \(\\[abort-commands-lisp]).
Commands that are aborted will be put in the buffer *Aborted Commands*
so that you can see what was aborted.  If you want to abort the
currently running top-level command, use interrupt-subjob-ilisp
\(\\[interrupt-subjob-ilisp]).  As a last resort, \\[panic-lisp] will
reset the ILISP state without affecting the inferior LISP so that you
can see what is happening.  If you become totally frustrated, you can
also try \\[repair-ilisp].

bol-ilisp \(\\[bol-ilisp]) will go after the prompt as defined by
comint-prompt-regexp or ilisp-other-prompt or to the left margin with
a prefix.

return-ilisp \(\\[return-ilisp]) knows about prompts and sexps.  If an
sexp is not complete, it will indent properly.  When an entire sexp is
complete, it is sent to the inferior LISP together with a new line.
If you edit old input, the input will be copied to the end of the
buffer first.

close-and-send-lisp \(\\[close-and-send-lisp]) will close the current
sexp, indent it, then send it to the current inferior LISP.

indent-line-ilisp \(\\[indent-line-ilisp]) indents for LISP.  With
prefix, shifts rest of expression rigidly with the current line.

newline-and-indent-lisp \(\\[newline-and-indent-lisp]) will insert a
new line and then indent to the appropriate level.  If you are at the
end of the inferior LISP buffer and an sexp, the sexp will be sent to
the inferior LISP without a trailing newline.

indent-sexp-ilisp \(\\[indent-sexp-ilisp]) will indent each line in
the next sexp.

backward-delete-char-untabify \(\\[backward-delete-char-untabify])
converts tabs to spaces as it moves back.

delete-char-or-pop-ilisp \(\\[delete-char-or-pop-ilisp]) will delete
prefix characters unless you are at the end of an ILISP buffer in
which case it will pop one level in the break loop.

reset-ilisp, \(\\[reset-ilisp]) will reset the current inferior LISP's
top-level so that it will no longer be in a break loop.

switch-to-lisp \(\\[switch-to-lisp]) will pop to the current ILISP
buffer or if already in an ILISP buffer, it will return to the buffer
that last switched to an ILISP buffer.  With a prefix, it will also go
to the end of the buffer.  If you do not want it to pop, set
pop-up-windows to nil.

call-defun-lisp \(\\[call-defun-lisp]) will put a call to the current
defun in the inferior LISP and go there.  If it is a \(def* name form,
it looks up reasonable forms of name in the input history unless
called with a prefix. If not found, \(name or *name* will be inserted.
If it is not a def* form, the whole defun will be put in the buffer.

reposition-window-lisp \(\\[reposition-window-lisp]) will scroll the
current window to show as much of the current defun and its
introductory comments as possible without moving the point.  If called
with a prefix, the point will be moved if necessary to show the start
of the defun.  If called more than once with the first line of the
defun showing, the introductory comments will be shown or suppressed.

previous-buffer-lisp \(\\[previous-buffer-lisp]) will switch to the
last visited buffer in the current window or the Nth previous buffer
with a prefix.

find-unbalanced-lisp \(\\[find-unbalanced-lisp]) will find unbalanced
parens in the current buffer.  When called with a prefix it will look
in the current region.

close-all-lisp \(\\[close-all-lisp]) will close all outstanding
parens back to the containing form, or a previous left bracket
which will be converted to a left parens.  If there are too many
parens, they will be deleted unless there is text between the
last paren and the end of the defun.  If called with a prefix,
all open left brackets will be closed.

reindent-lisp \(\\[reindent-lisp]) will reindent the current paragraph
if in a comment or string.  Otherwise it will close the containing
defun and reindent it.

comment-region-lisp \(\\[comment-region-lisp]) will put prefix copies of
comment-start before and comment-end's after the lines in region.  To
uncomment a region, use a minus prefix.

The very first inferior LISP command executed may send some forms to
initialize the inferior LISP.

Each time an inferior LISP command is executed, the last form sent can be
seen in the \*ilisp-send* buffer.

The first time an inferior LISP mode command is executed in a Lisp
Mode buffer, the package will be determined by using the regular
expression ilisp-package-regexp to find a package sexp and then
passing that sexp to the inferior LISP through ilisp-package-command.
For the clisp dialect, this will find the first \(in-package PACKAGE)
form in the file.  A buffer's package will be displayed in the mode
line.  set-buffer-package-lisp \(\\[set-buffer-package-lisp]) will
update the current package from the buffer.  If it is called with a
prefix, the package can be set manually.  If a buffer has no
specification, forms will be evaluated in the current inferior LISP
package.  package-lisp \(\\[package-lisp]) will show the current
package of the inferior LISP.  set-package-lisp
\(\\[set-package-lisp]) will set the inferior LISP package to the
current buffer's package or to a manually entered package with a
prefix.

describe-lisp, inspect-lisp, arglist-lisp, documentation-lisp,
macroexpand-1-lisp, macroexpand-lisp, edit-definitions-lisp,
who-calls-lisp, edit-callers-lisp and trace-defun-lisp will switch
whether they prompt for a response or use a default when called with a
negative prefix.  If they are prompting, there is completion through
the inferior LISP by using TAB or M-TAB.  When you are entering an
expression in the minibuffer, all of the normal ilisp commands like
arglist-lisp also work.

Commands that work on a function will use the nearest previous
function symbol.  This is either a symbol after a #' or the symbol at
the start of the current list.

describe-lisp \(\\[describe-lisp]) will describe the previous sexp.
inspect-lisp \(\\[inpsect-lisp]) will inspect the previous sexp.If
there is no previous-sexp and you are in an ILISP buffer, the previous
result will be described or inspected.

arglist-lisp \(\\[arglist-lisp]) will return the arglist of the
current function.  With a numeric prefix, the leading paren will be
removed and the arglist will be inserted into the buffer.

documentation-lisp \(\\[documentation-lisp]) infers whether function
or variable documentation is desired.  With a negative prefix, you can
specify the type of documentation as well.  With a positive prefix the
documentation of the current function call is returned.

If the Franz online Common LISP manual is available, fi:clman
\(\\[fi:clman]) will get information on a specific symbol.
fi:clman-apropos \(\\[fi:clman-apropos]) will get information apropos
a specific string.  Some of the documentation is specific to the
allegro dialect, but most of it is for standard Common LISP.

macroexpand-lisp \(\\[macroexpand-lisp]) and macroexpand-1-lisp
\(\\[macroexpand-1-lisp]) will be applied to the next sexp.  They will
insert their result into the buffer if called with a numeric prefix.

complete-lisp \(\\[complete-lisp]) will try to complete the previous
symbol in the current inferior LISP.  Partial completion is supported
unless ilisp-prefix-match is set to T.  \(If you set it to T, inferior
LISP completions will be faster.)  With partial completion, \"p--n\"
would complete to \"position-if-not\" in Common LISP.  If the symbol
follows a left paren or a #', only symbols with function cells will be
considered.  If the symbol starts with a \* or you call with a
positive prefix all possible completions will be considered.  Only
external symbols are considered if there is a package qualification
with only one colon.  The first time you try to complete a string the
longest common substring will be inserted and the cursor will be left
on the point of ambiguity.  If you try to complete again, you can see
the possible completions.  If you are in a string, then filename
completion will be done instead.  And if you try to complete a
filename twice, you will see a list of possible completions.  Filename
components are completed individually, so /u/mi/ could expand to
/usr/misc/.  If you complete with a negative prefix, the most recent
completion \(symbol or filename) will be undone.

complete \(\\[complete]) will complete the current symbol to the most
recently seen symbol in Emacs that matches what you have typed so far.
Executing it repeatedly will cycle through potential matches.  This is
from the TMC completion package and there may be some delay as it is
initially loaded.

trace-defun-lisp \(\\[trace-defun-lisp]) traces the current defun.
When called with a numeric prefix the function will be untraced.

trace-defun-lisp-break \(\\[trace-defun-lisp-break]) traces the
current defun but sets a breakpoint in the function if possible.
When called with a numeric prefix the function will be untraced.

default-directory-lisp \(\\[default-directory-lisp]\) sets the default
inferior LISP directory to the directory of the current buffer.  If
called in an inferior LISP buffer, it sets the Emacs default-directory
the LISP default directory.

The eval/compile commands evaluate or compile the forms specified.  If
any of the forms contain an interactive command, then the command will
never return.  To get out of this state, you need to use
abort-commands-lisp \(\\[abort-commands-lisp]).  The eval/compile
commands verify that their expressions are balanced and then send the
form to the inferior LISP.  If called with a positive prefix, the
result of the operation will be inserted into the buffer after the
form that was just sent.  If lisp-wait-p is t, then EMACS will display
the result of the command in the minibuffer or a pop-up window.  If
lisp-wait-p is nil, (the default) the send is done asynchronously and
the results will be brought up only if there is more than one line or
there is an error.  In this case, you will be given the option of
ignoring the error, keeping it in another buffer or keeping it and
aborting all pending sends.  If there is not a command already running
in the inferior LISP, you can preserve the break loop.  If called with
a negative prefix, the sense of lisp-wait-p will be inverted for the
next command.  The and-go versions will perform the operation and then
immediately switch to the ILISP buffer where you will see the results
of executing your form.  If eval-defun-and-go-lisp
\(\\[eval-defun-and-go-lisp]) or compile-defun-and-go-lisp
\(\\[compile-defun-and-go-lisp]) is called with a prefix, a call for
the form will be inserted as well.

When an eval is done of a single form matching ilisp-defvar-regexp,
the corresponding symbol will be unbound and the value assigned again.

When compile-defun-lisp \(\\[compile-defun-lisp]) is called in an
inferior LISP buffer with no current form, the last form typed to the
top-level will be compiled.

The following commands all deal with finding things in source code.
The first time that one of these commands is used, there may be some
delay while the source module is loaded.  When searching files, the
first applicable rule is used: 1) try the inferior LISP, 2) try a tags
file if defined, 3) try all buffers in one of lisp-source-modes or all
files defined using lisp-directory.

lisp-directory \(\\[lisp-directory]) defines a set of files to be
searched by the source code commands.  It prompts for a directory and
sets the source files to be those in the directory that match entries
in auto-mode-alist for modes in lisp-source-modes.  With a positive
prefix, the files are appended.  With a negative prefix, all current
buffers that are in one of lisp-source-modes will be searched.  This
is also what happens by default.  Using this command stops using a
tags file.

edit-definitions-lisp \(\\[edit-definitions-lisp]) will find a
particular type of definition for a symbol.  It tries to use the rules
described above.  The files to be searched are listed in the buffer
\*Edit-Definitions*.  If lisp-edit-files is nil, no search will be
done if not found through the inferior LISP.  The variable
ilisp-locator contains a function that when given the name and type
should be able to find the appropriate definition in the file.  There
is often a flag to cause your LISP to record source files that you
will need to set in the initialization file for your LISP.  The
variable is \*record-source-files* in both allegro and lucid.  Once a
definition has been found, next-definition-lisp
\(\\[next-definition-lisp]) will find the next definition.  \(Or the
previous definition with a prefix.)

edit-callers-lisp \(\\[edit-callers-lisp]) will generate a list of all
of the callers of a function in the current inferior LISP and edit the
first caller using edit-definitions-lisp.  Each successive call to
next-caller-lisp \(\\[next-caller-lisp]) will edit the next caller.
\(Or the previous caller with a prefix.)  The list is stored in the
buffer \*All-Callers*.  You can also look at the callers by doing
who-calls-lisp \(\\[who-calls-lisp]).

search-lisp \(\\[search-lisp]) will search the current tags files,
lisp directory files or buffers in one of lisp-source-modes for a
string or a regular expression when called with a prefix.
\(\\[next-definition-lisp]) will find the next definition.  \(Or the
previous definition with a prefix.)

replace-lisp \(\\[replace-lisp]) will replace a string (or a regexp
with a prefix) in the current tags files, lisp directory files or
buffers in one of lisp-source-modes.

The following commands all deal with making a number of changes all at
once.  The first time one of these commands is used, there may be some
delay as the module is loaded.  The eval/compile versions of these
commands are always executed asynchronously.

mark-change-lisp \(\\[mark-change-lisp]) marks the current defun as
being changed.  A prefix causes it to be unmarked.  clear-changes-lisp
\(\\[clear-changes-lisp]) will clear all of the changes.
list-changes-lisp \(\\[list-changes-lisp]) will show the forms
currently marked.

eval-changes-lisp \(\\[eval-changes-lisp]), or compile-changes-lisp
\(\\[compile-changes-lisp]) will evaluate or compile these changes as
appropriate.  If called with a positive prefix, the changes will be
kept.  If there is an error, the process will stop and show the error
and all remaining changes will remain in the list.  All of the results
will be kept in the buffer *Last-Changes*.

File commands in lisp-source-mode buffers keep track of the last used
directory and file.  If the point is on a string, that will be the
default if the file exists.  If the buffer is one of
lisp-source-modes, the buffer file will be the default.  Otherwise,
the last file used in a lisp-source-mode will be used.

find-file-lisp \(\\[find-file-lisp]) will find a file.  If it is in a
string, that will be used as the default if it matches an existing
file.  Symbolic links are expanded so that different references to the
same file will end up with the same buffer.

load-file-lisp \(\\[load-file-lisp]) will load a file into the inferior
LISP.  You will be given the opportunity to save the buffer if it has
changed and to compile the file if the compiled version is older than
the current version.

compile-file-lisp \(\\[compile-file-lisp]) will compile a file in the
current inferior LISP.")