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The Graphical Interface

CMU Common Lisp has an interface to Motif which is functionally similar to CLM, but works better in CMU CL. See:

`'doc/motif-toolkit.doc `'doc/motif-internals.doc

This motif interface has been used to write the inspector and graphical debugger. There is also a Lisp control panel with a simple file management facility, apropos and inspector dialogs, and controls for setting global options. See the interface and toolkit packages.

[Function]
interface: lisp-control-panel

This function creates a control panel for the Lisp process.

[Variable]
*interface:*

interface-style

When the graphical interface is loaded, this variable controls whether it is used by inspect and the error system. If the value is :graphics (the default) and the DISPLAY environment variable is defined, the graphical inspector and debugger will be invoked by inspect or when an error is signalled. Possible values are :graphics and tty. If the value is :graphics, but there is no X display, then we quietly use the TTY interface.


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Peter Van Eynde 2000-02-08