[CM] stupid questions

Rick Taube taube@uiuc.edu
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 06:44:14 -0500


in acl you can use the :EXIT command or the (EXCL:EXIT) function.
typing Contol-D ought to work, too.

	USER(1):  :exit
	; Exiting Lisp


>  Oh yeh, this is with ACL 6.2. Anyone recommend another LISP ?

actually its a very good implementation of CLTL2. id go with that or Guile or OpenMCL if its available on your OS. I would avoid CLISP, CMU and SBCL.

best,
Rick














>Greetings:
>
>  How do I exit from CMN ? I've tried (exit), (quit), (break), Ctrl-C,
>and some more I've forgotten. Other than doing an explicit kill from
>another window I can't figure out how to get out of it.
>
>  My apologies, I know next to nothing about LISP, but I could sure use
>a handy basic command reference. I'm having an awful time trying to use
>it in an xterm. The Delete and Backspace keys simply render escape codes
>so I'm unable to edit at the command prompt. The Backspace key works
>okay at the console, just not in an xterm. The Delete key doesn't work
>in either.
>
>  Frustrated here, need help... :(
>
>  Oh yeh, this is with ACL 6.2. Anyone recommend another LISP ?
>
>Best regards,
>
>== Dave Phillips
>
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