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AKCL

AKCL conforms to the Common Lisp standard and has extensions for easy use on UNIX systems. The command invokes the CL interpreter for interactive use. When AKCL starts it first loads an initialization file init.lsp in the current working directory.

The CL compiler is There is on-line documentation of various kind: a command dictionary, a report, and a command data file to use with emacs. There is also a UNIX command Which will display info on the given WORD which can be a variable name, function name, or some other well-defined keyword. Because CL is upper case oriented, WORD should normally be all CAPS.

When working with AKCL, if an error occurs or if you type ^C, you enter a break loop and the lisp prompts lengthens. The number of >'s indicate the nesting of break levels. Type :H in a break level to see what :-prefixed commands are available. Use :r to go back to a higher level.

Consult the man page on akcl for more details.