CLISP(1)

NAME
clisp - Common Lisp language interpreter and compiler

SYNOPSIS
clisp [ -h ] [ -m memsize ] #ifndef NO_SP_MALLOC [ -s stacksize ] #endif #ifdef MULTIMAP_MEMORY_VIA_FILE [ -t tempdir ] #endif [ -M memfile ] [ -L language ] [ -q ] [ -I ] [ -i initfile ... ] [ -c [ -l ] lispfile [ -o outputfile ] ... ] [ -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 standard output. Invoked with -c, the specified lisp files are compiled to a bytecode that can be executed more efficiently.

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). #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 #ifdef AMIGAOS

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). #endif

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

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

FILES
#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 #ifdef HAVE_ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

CLISP_LANGUAGE
    specifies the language clisp uses to communicate with the user. The value may be english, deutsch, francais and defaults to english. The -L option can be used to override this environment variable. #ifdef UNIX

HOME and USER
    are used for determining the value of the function user-homedir-pathname. (Unix implementation only.) #endif #if defined(UNIX) || defined(MSDOS)

#ifdef UNIX
    SHELL (Unix implementation only) is used to find the interactive command interpreter called by (shell). #endif #ifdef MSDOS COMSPEC (DOS, OS/2 implementations only) is used to find the command interpreter called by the function shell. #endif #endif #ifdef UNIX

TERM
    determines the screen size recognized by the pretty printer. This environment variable is also mandatory for the built-in screen editor. #endif #ifdef EMUNIX_PORTABEL

TERM
    specifies the terminal emulation clisp relies on. If you have ANSI.SYS loaded, possible values are ansi, ansi-color-2, ansi-color-3 and mono.

TERMCAP
    should be set to the slashified file name of the terminal capabilities database termcap.dat. #endif #ifdef MULTIMAP_MEMORY_VIA_FILE

TMPDIR (Sparc implementation only)
    specifies the directory where the temporary core file is to be held. #endif #endif

SEE ALSO
cmulisp(1), emacs(1).

BUGS

The function inspect is not implemented. #ifdef SPVW_MIXED_BLOCKS

The memory management scheme is not very flexible. #endif

Only very few extensions from CLtL2 are supported.

No on-line documentation beyond apropos and describe is available. #ifdef EMUNIX

Stack overflow aborts the program ungracefully, with a register dump.

Pressing Control-C may not interrupt clisp in every situation.

Calling the function execute on batch files crashes the machine. #endif #ifdef UNIX_COHERENT

*keyboard-input* does not recognize Ctrl-S and Ctrl-Q. #endif

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 functions.

Specify a portable set of window and graphics operations.

AUTHORS
Bruno Haible <haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de> and Michael Stoll.