Using CLMAN

The "clman" utility is a program available on the APL Unix system that provides online access to the entire contents of Common Lisp: The Reference, a popular Common Lisp reference authored by Franz Inc.

This document contains entries for all functions and variables in the first edition of Common Lisp: The Language. Since CLOS, LOOP, and the Condition system were added in the second edition, those entries will be sparse under clman.

Accessing clman from Unix

% clman item

This assumes that "%" is your UNIX prompt. Don't type the "%". For instance:

% clman reverse --- Manual page on the "reverse" function --- % clman append --- Manual page on the "append" function ---

Accessing clman from emacs

This assumes that you have the interface to clman in ~hall/.emacs. Students in my classes should have this already, or copy and/or load ~hall/class/clman.el.

M-m (or M-x clman)

You will be prompted for the lisp function/variable name to enter. If you are running emacs on the X terminals in K-22, the buffer containing the output will have some additional formatting.

For questions, send email to hall@apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall).