20.11 Setting Listener preferences

To set options for the Listener tool choose LispWorks > Preferences... or click , and select Listener in the list on the left side of the Preferences dialog.

The Listener tab allows you to set the size of the stack used in the Listener's evaluation process. By default, this process has a stack of size determined by the value of the variable system:*sg-default-size*. If you find you are getting stack overflow errors in correct code that you enter at the Listener prompt, then increase the stack size. This setting takes effect for subsequently created Listener windows and LispWorks sessions.

The Listener tab also allows you to control whether syntax coloring is applied to the input in a Listener when it first started by checking Use syntax coloring initially. You can turn it off or on within the Listener using the Editor command Font Lock Mode.

The other configurable aspects of the Listener are shared with the Editor and other tools, including:

• Emulation, including key input and cursor styles.
• The font.
• The text styles used to highlight selected text, color code and input, and so on.

To alter these, raise the Preferences dialog, select Environment in the list on the left side, and choose the Emulation or Styles tab. See 3.2 Setting preferences for a description of these options.