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-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), nnnn K or nnnn KB (measured in kilobytes) or n M or n MB (measured in megabytes). #ifdef WIDE Default is 4 megabytes. #else Default is 2 megabytes. #endif #if (oint_addr_len+addr_shift==24) The argument is constrained between 100 KB and 16 MB. #elif (oint_addr_len+addr_shift==26) The argument is constrained between 100 KB and 64 MB. #elif (oint_addr_len+addr_shift==28) The argument is constrained between 100 KB and 256 MB. #else The argument is constrained above 100 KB. #endif #ifndef SPVW_MIXED_BLOCKS -- This version of clisp allocates memory dynamically. memsize is essentially ignored.

#endif #ifndef NO_SP_MALLOC

-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.

#endif #ifdef MULTIMAP_MEMORY_VIA_FILE

-t tempdir

Specifies the directory where the temporary core file is to be held. This option takes precedence over the environment variable TMPDIR.

#endif

-M memfile

Specifies the initial memory image. This must be a memory dump produced by the saveinitmem function. #ifdef UNIX It may have been compressed using GNU gzip. This option is normally already set by the shell script /usr/local/bin/clisp.

#endif

-L language

Specifies the language clisp uses to communicate with the user. This may be english, deutsch, francais.

-q

Quiet: clisp displays no banner at startup and no good-bye message when quitting.

-I

ILISP friendly: clisp interacts in a way that ILISP (a popular Emacs LISP interface) can deal with. Currently the only effect of this is that unnecessary prompts are not suppressed.

-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 compiled files can then be loaded instead of the sources to gain efficiency.

-o outputfile

Specifies the output file or directory for the compilation of the last specified lispfile.

-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.

#ifdef EMUNIX

@optionfile

substitutes the contents of optionfile as arguments. Each line of optionfile is treated as a separate argument to clisp.

#endif

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).

Guy L. Steele Jr.: Common Lisp - The Language. Digital Press. 1st edition 1984, 465 pages. ("CLtL1" for short)

Guy L. Steele Jr.: Common Lisp - The Language. Digital Press. 2nd edition 1990, 1032 pages. ("CLtL2" for short)

help

to get some on-line help.

(apropos name)

lists the symbols relating to name.

(exit) or (quit) or (bye)

to quit clisp.

#if defined(UNIX) || defined(MSDOS) || defined(AMIGAOS)

#ifdef UNIX EOF (Ctrl-D) #endif #ifdef MSDOS EOF (Ctrl-Z) #endif #ifdef AMIGAOS EOF (Ctrl-\e) #endif

to leave the current read-eval-print loop.

#endif #ifdef GNU_READLINE

arrow keys

for editing and viewing the input history.

Tab key

to complete the symbol's name you are just typing.

#endif

#ifdef UNIX

clisp

startup script

#endif

#if defined(UNIX) lisp.run #endif #if defined(MSDOS) lisp.exe #endif #if defined(ATARI) lisp.prg #endif #if defined(AMIGAOS) lisp.run #endif

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