If you are working in a particular package, you can adjust the tools to display symbols as you would refer to them from that package--that is, as the package sees them. This can make listings clearer and, more importantly, can show you which symbols have been exported from a package.
Doing this changes the process package of the tool. This means that both displayed symbols and symbols typed into the tool are assumed to be in the package specified. This can be useful in a browser, for example, if you intend to browse a number of different objects which come from the same package.
To change the process package for a given type of tool:
Note: If you wish, you can partially type the package name and then click . This allows you to select from a list of all package names which begin with the partial input you have entered. See Completion for detailed instructions on using completion.
As an example, imagine you are looking at a list of symbols in the Inspector. You are working in the package
FOO
, and some of the symbols in the Inspector are in that package, while others are in another package. To change the current package of the Inspector to
FOO
, follow the instructions below:
The Preferences dialog indicates that
COMMON-LISP-USER
is the current package in this window.
COMMON-LISP-USER
, and type
FOO
.
In the Inspector all the symbols available from
FOO
appear without the package prefix
FOO
. Similarly, all exported symbols in packages which
FOO
uses appear without a package prefix, while all others have an appropriate package prefix.