The function
start-gc-monitor
starts a Lisp Monitor window (otherwise known as the GC or Garbage Collector monitor) on the screen
screen
.
result
is
t
if it started a Lisp monitor, and
nil
if a Lisp monitor was already running on
screen
.
Note that this works only on Motif. There is no Lisp Monitor window on other platforms.
On Motif,
start-gc-monitor
is called automatically when the LispWorks IDE starts, but you can call stop-gc-monitor and
start-gc-monitor
any time.