clisp
[[-h
] | [--help
]] [--version
] [--license
] [-help-image
] [-B
] [lisp-lib-dir
-b
] [-K
] [linking-set
-M
] [mem-file
-m
] [memory-size
-L
] [language
-N
] [locale-dir
-E
] [[domain
encoding
-q
] | [--quiet
] | [--silent
] | [-v
] | [--verbose
]] [-on-error
] [action
-repl
] [-w
] [-I
] [-disable-readline
] [[-ansi
] | [-traditional
]] [-modern
] [-p
] [package
-C
] [-norc
] [-lp
...] [directory
-i
...] [init-file
-c
[-l
] lisp-file
[-o
]...] [output-file
-x
...] [expressions
[lisp-file
...]]argument
Invokes the Common Lisp interpreter and compiler.
When called without arguments, executes the read-eval-print loop, in which expressions are in turn
-h
--help
--version
LISP-IMPLEMENTATION-VERSION
,
the value of the variable *FEATURES*
,
as well some other information.--license
-help-image
:DOCUMENTATION
supplied to EXT:SAVEINITMEM
.-B
lisp-lib-dir
lisp-lib-dir
can be changed dynamically using the SYMBOL-MACRO
CUSTOM:*LIB-DIRECTORY*
.
-b
CUSTOM:*LIB-DIRECTORY*
is printed without any quotes.
This is mostly useful in module Makefiles, see,
e.g., modules/syscalls/Makefile.in
.
-K
linking-set
Specifies the linking set to be run.
This is a directory (relative to the lisp-lib-dir
)
containing at least a main executable (runtime) and an initial memory image.
Possible values are
the core CLISP | |
core plus all the modules with which this installation was built, see Section 32.2, “External Modules”. |
-M
mem-file
EXT:SAVEINITMEM
function by this clisp runtime.
It may have been compressed using GNU gzip.
-m
memory-size
Sets the amount of memory CLISP tries to grab on startup. The amount may be given as
n
n
Bn
n
Wn
on
32-bit platforms, 8×n
on 64-bit platforms)
n
Kn
KBn
KWn
Mn
MBn
MWThe default is 3 megabytes. The argument is constrained above 100 KB.
This version of CLISP
is not likely to actually use the entire memory-size
since garbage-collection will
periodically reduce the amount of used memory.
It is therefore common to specify 10 MB even if only 2 MB are going
to be used.
-L
language
Specifies the
language
CLISP uses to communicate with the user. This may be
one of english, german, french, spanish, dutch, russian, danish.
Other languages may be specified through the environment variable LANG
,
provided the corresponding message catalog is installed.
The language may be changed dynamically using the SYMBOL-MACRO
CUSTOM:*CURRENT-LANGUAGE*
.
-N
locale-dir
locale-dir
/language
/LC_MESSAGES/clisp.mo
.
This directory may be changed dynamically using the SYMBOL-MACRO
CUSTOM:*CURRENT-LANGUAGE*
.-Edomain
encoding
Specifies the encoding used for the given domain,
overriding the default which depends on the environment variables
LC_ALL
, LC_CTYPE
, LANG
.
domain
can be
| affecting CUSTOM:*DEFAULT-FILE-ENCODING*
|
| affecting CUSTOM:*PATHNAME-ENCODING*
|
| affecting CUSTOM:*TERMINAL-ENCODING*
|
| affecting CUSTOM:*FOREIGN-ENCODING*
|
| affecting CUSTOM:*MISC-ENCODING*
|
| affecting all of the above. |
Note that the values of these SYMBOL-MACRO
s that have
been saved in a memory image are ignored: these SYMBOL-MACRO
s are
reset based on the OS environment after the memory image is loaded.
You have to use the RC file, CUSTOM:*INIT-HOOKS*
or init function to
set them on startup, but it is best to set the aforementioned
environment variables appropriately for consistency with other programs.
See Section 31.1, “Customizing CLISP Process Initialization and Termination”.
-q
--quiet
--silent
-v
--verbose
*LOAD-VERBOSE*
and *COMPILE-VERBOSE*
to T
, and
*LOAD-PRINT*
and *COMPILE-PRINT*
to NIL
, as per [ANSI CL standard].
The first -q
removes the banner and the good-bye message, the
second sets variables *LOAD-VERBOSE*
, *COMPILE-VERBOSE*
and
CUSTOM:*SAVEINITMEM-VERBOSE*
to NIL
.
The first -v
sets variables CUSTOM:*REPORT-ERROR-PRINT-BACKTRACE*
, *LOAD-PRINT*
and
*COMPILE-PRINT*
to T
, the second sets CUSTOM:*LOAD-ECHO*
to T
.
These settings affect the output produced by -i
and -c
options.
Note that these settings persist into the read-eval-print loop.
Repeated -q
and -v
cancel each other,
e.g., -q -q -v -v -v
is equivalent to -v
.
-on-error
action
Establish global error handlers,
depending on action
:
ERROR
s are turned into WARNING
s (with
EXT:APPEASE-CERRORS
) other ERROR
s are handled in the default way
ERROR
s INVOKE-DEBUGGER
(the normal read-eval-print loop
behavior), disables batch mode imposed by -c
, -x
,
and lisp-file
,ERROR
s are appeased, other ERROR
s
are ABORT
ed with EXT:ABORT-ON-ERROR
ERROR
s are appeased, other ERROR
s terminate
CLISP with EXT:EXIT-ON-ERROR
(the normal batch mode behavior).
See also EXT:SET-GLOBAL-HANDLER
.
-repl
Start an interactive read-eval-print loop after processing the
-c
, -x
, and
options and on any lisp-file
ERROR
SIGNAL
ed
during that processing.
Disables batch mode.
-w
-I
Interact better with Emacs (useful when running CLISP under Emacs using SLIME, ILISP et al). With this option, CLISP interacts in a way that Emacs can deal with:
-disable-readline
TERM
environment variable value) issues.-ansi
SYMBOL-MACRO
CUSTOM:*ANSI*
to T
.-traditional
-ansi
in the saved memory image.-modern
*PACKAGE*
variable will be set to the “CS-COMMON-LISP-USER” package, and the
*PRINT-CASE*
will be set to :DOWNCASE
.
This has the effect that symbol lookup is case-sensitive (except for
keywords and old-style packages) and that keywords and uninterned symbols
are printed with lower-case preferrence.
See Section 11.5, “Package Case-Sensitivity”.
-p
package
*PACKAGE*
will be set to the package named package
.
The default is the value of *PACKAGE*
when the image was
saved,
normally “COMMON-LISP-USER”.-C
CUSTOM:*LOAD-COMPILING*
will be set to T
.
Code being LOAD
ed will then be COMPILE
d on the fly.
This results in slower loading, but faster execution.
-norc
-C
option is processed).
The file loaded is .clisprc.lisp
or .clisprc.fas
in the home directory USER-HOMEDIR-PATHNAME
, whichever is newer.
This option, -norc
, prevents loading of the RC file.
-lp
directory
CUSTOM:*LOAD-PATHS*
at startup. This is done after loading the RC file (so that
it does not override the command-line option) but before loading
the init-files specified by the -i
options (so that
the init-files will be searched for in the specified directories).
Several -lp
options can be given; all the specified
directories will be added.-i
init-file
LOAD
ed
at startup. These should be lisp files (source or compiled).
Several -i
options can be given; all the specified
files will be loaded in order.-c
lisp-file
Compiles the specified lisp-file
s to bytecode
(*.fas
). The compiled files can then be
LOAD
ed instead of the sources to gain efficiency.
Imposes batch mode.
-o
outputfile
lisp-file
.
-l
DISASSEMBLE
listing
(*.lis
) of the files being compiled.
Useful only for debugging.
See Section 24.1, “Function COMPILE-FILE
” for details.
-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 double quotes, and double quotes and backslashes must be
escaped with backslashes.
Imposes batch mode.
lisp-file
[ argument
... ]Loads and executes a lisp-file
, as described in
Section 32.6.2, “Scripting with CLISP”.
There will be no read-eval-print loop.
Before lisp-file
is loaded, the variable EXT:*ARGS*
will be bound to a list of
strings, representing the argument
s.
The first line of lisp-file
may start with #!,
thus permitting CLISP to be used as a script interpreter.
If lisp-file
is -,
the *STANDARD-INPUT*
is used instead of a file.
This option is disabled if the memory image
was created by EXT:SAVEINITMEM
with NIL
:SCRIPT
argument. In that case the LIST
EXT:*ARGS*
starts with lisp-file
.
This option must be the last one.
No RC file will be executed.
Imposes batch mode.
As usual, --
stops option processing and places
all remaining command line arguments into EXT:*ARGS*
.
The language implemented is ANSI Common Lisp. The implementation mostly conforms to the ANSI Common Lisp standard, see Section 31.10, “Maximum ANSI CL compliance”.
[ANSI CL] ANSI CL standard1994. ANSI INCITS 226-1994 (R1999) Information Technology - Programming Language - Common Lisp [formerly ANSI X3.226-1994 (R1999)].
APROPOS
name
)SYMBOL
s matching name
.
DESCRIBE
symbol
)symbol
.
Context sensitive:
#'
), the completion is
limited to the symbols that name functions.#P
), the completion is done across file names,
GNU bash-style.DESCRIBE
d.
Common Lisp is a programmable programming language.
When CLISP is invoked, the runtime loads
the initial memory image and outputs
the prompt;
at which one can start typing DEFVAR
s, DEFUN
s and DEFMACRO
s.
To avoid having to re-enter the same definitions by hand in every
session, one can create a lisp file with all the variables, functions,
macros, etc.; (optionally) compile it with COMPILE-FILE
; and LOAD
it either by hand or from the RC file; or save a memory image to
avoid the LOAD
overhead.
However, sometimes one needs to use some functionality implemented in another language, e.g., call a C library function. For that one uses the Foreign Function Interface and/or the External Modules facility. Finally, the truly adventurous ones might delve into Extending the Core.
lisp.run
lisp.exe
lispinit.mem
config.lisp
*.lisp
*.fas
*.lib
COMPILE-FILE
, see
Section 24.3, “Function REQUIRE
”.
*.c
For the CLISP source files, see Chapter 34, The source files of CLISP.
All environment variables that CLISP uses are read at most once.
CLISP_LANGUAGE
-L
option which can be used to override this environment variable.
LC_CTYPE
language
or
language
_country
or
language
_country
.charset
,
where language
is a two-letter ISO 639
language code (lower case), country
is a
two-letter ISO 3166 country code (upper case).
charset
is an optional character set
specification, and needs normally not be given because the character
set can be inferred from the language and country.
This environment variable can be overridden with the -Edomain
encoding
option.
LANG
CLISP_LANGUAGE
or the
-L
option.
It also specifies the locale determining the character set in use, unless
already specified through the environment variable LC_CTYPE
.
The value may begin with a two-letter ISO 639 language code, for example
en, de, fr.
HOME
USER
USER-HOMEDIR-PATHNAME
.SHELL
COMSPEC
EXT:SHELL
.TERM
ORGANIZATION
SHORT-SITE-NAME
and LONG-SITE-NAME
in
config.lisp
.CLHSROOT
CUSTOM:CLHS-ROOT
in config.lisp
.
IMPNOTES
CUSTOM:IMPNOTES-ROOT
in config.lisp
.
EDITOR
editor-name
in
config.lisp
.LOGICAL_HOST_host
_FROM
LOGICAL_HOST_host
_TO
LOGICAL_HOST_host
CUSTOM:*LOAD-LOGICAL-PATHNAME-TRANSLATIONS-DATABASE*
When you encounter a bug in CLISP or in its documentation (this manual page or CLISP impnotes), please report it to the CLISP SourceForge bug tracker.
Before submitting a bug report, please take the following basic steps to make the report more useful:
--with-debug
--cbc build-g ; cd build-g; gdb
lisp.run, then load the appropriate linking set by either
base or full gdb command, and report the backtrace (see also
Q: A.1.1.10).When submitting a bug report, please specify the following information: