1.2 The LispWorks manuals

The LispWorks manual set comprises the following books:

• The LispWorks User Guide --this book--describes the features and tools available in LispWorks.
• The LispWorks Reference Manual contains detailed information on all functions, macros, variables and classes available in LispWorks, in alphabetical order.
• The Common LispWorks User Guide describes Common LispWorks, the user interface for LispWorks. Common LispWorks is a set of windowing tools that let you develop and test Common Lisp code more easily and quickly.
• The LispWorks Editor User Guide describes the keyboard commands and programming interface to the Common LispWorks editor tool.
• The LispWorks CAPI User Guide and the LispWorks CAPI Reference Manual describe the CAPI. This is a library of classes, functions, and macros for developing graphical user interfaces for your applications. The LispWorks CAPI User Guide is a tutorial guide to the CAPI, and the LispWorks CAPI Reference Manual is an in-depth reference text.
• The LispWorks Foreign Language Interface User Guide and Reference Manual explains how you can use C source code in applications developed using LispWorks.
• The LispWorks Delivery User Guide describes how you can deliver working, standalone versions of your LispWorks applications for distribution to your customers.
• Developing Component Software with CORBA describes how LispWorks can interoperate with other CORBA-compliant systems.
• The LispWorks COM/Automation User Guide and Reference Manual describes a toolkit for using Microsoft COM and Automation in LispWorks for Windows.
• The LispWorks KnowledgeWorks and Prolog User Guide describes the LispWorks toolkit for building knowledge-based systems. Common Prolog is a logic programming system written in Common Lisp.

The books above are available in HTML format. Commands in the Help menu of any of the Common LispWorks tools give you direct access to the online documentation in HTML format, using the HTML browser that is supplied with LispWorks. Details of how to use these commands can be found in the Common LispWorks User Guide .

• The LispWorks Release Notes and Installation Guide explains how to install LispWorks and start it running. It also contains Release Notes describing issues that could not be included in the other manuals.

The LispWorks manuals are all available in Portable Documentation Format (PDF). You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader to browse the PDF documentation online or to print it. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free download from Adobe's web site, http://www.adobe.com/ .

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