6.3 Programming the editor

The editor functions described in this section can be combined and provided with arguments to create new commands. Existing editor commands can also be used in the creation of new commands (see editor:defcommand ).

Note that all the code found in this chapter is included in the directory examples/editor in the directory defined by the variable *lispworks-directory* .

The following sections describe editor functions that are not interactive editor commands.All the existing commands are in the editor package.

6.3.1 Defining commands

defcommand

6.3.2 Buffers

6.3.3 The echo area

6.3.4 Editor errors

6.3.5 Files

6.3.6 Inserting text

6.3.7 Lisp

6.3.8 Movement

6.3.9 Points

6.3.10 Prompting the user

6.3.11 Variables

6.3.12 Windows

6.3.13 Examples