clisp — ANSI Common Lisp compiler, interpreter and debugger.
clisp
[[-h
] | [--help
]] [--version
] [--license
] [-help-image
] [-B
]
[lisp-lib-dir
-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
] [[-ansi
] | [-traditional
]] [-modern
] [-p
] [package
-C
] [-norc
] [-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 READ
from the standard input,
EVAL
uated by the lisp interpreter,
and their results are PRINT
ed to the standard output.
Invoked with -c
,
compiles the specified lisp files to a platform-independent
bytecode which can be executed more efficiently.
-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
*LIB-DIRECTORY*
.
-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
base | the core CLISP |
full | core plus all the modules with which this installation was built, see Section 31.2, “External Modules”. |
The default is base.
-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
nnnnnnn
nnnn
Knnnn
KBn
Mn
MBThe 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
file | affecting CUSTOM:*DEFAULT-FILE-ENCODING*
|
pathname | affecting CUSTOM:*PATHNAME-ENCODING*
|
terminal | affecting CUSTOM:*TERMINAL-ENCODING*
|
foreign | affecting CUSTOM:*FOREIGN-ENCODING*
|
misc | affecting CUSTOM:*MISC-ENCODING*
|
blank | 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 30.1, “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].
The first -q
removes the banner and the good-bye message, the
second sets variables *LOAD-VERBOSE*
and *COMPILE-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
Override (or force) the batch mode imposed by
-c
, -x
, and lisp-file
,
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)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
See also EXT:SET-GLOBAL-HANDLER
.
-repl
-c
, -x
, and lisp-file
options and on any ERROR
SIGNAL
ed during that processing.
-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:
-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-BASE*
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 11.4, “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.
-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
lisp-file
s to bytecode
(*.fas
). The compiled files can then be
LOAD
ed instead of the sources to gain efficiency.
-o
outputfile
lisp-file
.
-l
DISASSEMBLE
listing
(*.lis
) of the files being compiled.
Useful only for debugging.
See Section 24.1.1, “Function COMPILE-FILE” for details.
-x
expressions
*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.lisp-file
[ argument
... ]Loads and executes a lisp-file
, as described in
Script execution.
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.
As usual, --
stops option processing and places
all remaining command line arguments into EXT:*ARGS*
.
The language implemented is [ANSI CL]. The implementation mostly conforms to the ANSI Common Lisp standard, see Section 30.10, “Maximum ANSI CL compliance”.
[ANSI CL] ANSI CL standard1994. ANSI Common Lisp standard X3.226-1994 - Information Technology - Programming Language - Common Lisp.
APROPOS
name
)name
.
Context sensitive:
#'
), the completion is
limited to the symbols that name functions.#P
), the completion is done across file names,
bash-style.
DESCRIBE
d.
lisp.run
lisp.exe
lispinit.mem
config.lisp
*.lisp
*.fas
*.lib
COMPILE-FILE
, see
Section 24.1.3, “Function REQUIRE”.
*.c
For the CLISP source files, see Chapter 33, 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:
When submitting a bug report, please specify the following information:
Known bugs, some of which may be platform-dependent, include: