Appendix C: The MCL Menubar
Apropos Displays the Apropos dialog box. This box accepts a string entered by the user and displays a table of symbols that contain the string.
Get Info... Gets a symbol name from the user and displays various pieces of information about the symbol, allowing quick access to a number of tools for investigating the symbol.
Processes Displays information about all current MCL processes.
List Definitions Displays a modeless dialog box containing a table of all the definitions in the frontmost editor window. The user can select a definition, and the window will scroll to that definition.
Search Files Displays a dialog box for searching a set of files for a given string. The user can use wildcard characters to specify the set of files to search. MCL supports Common Lisp extended wildcards in pathnames. The search uses the Boyer-Moore algorithm, and is quite fast.
Trace Displays a window showing functions which are traced, and allowing the user to trace additional functions.
Inspector Contains several subcommands that support inspecting a number of aspects of the MCL environment.
Save Application... Brings up a dialog box that allows the user to specify saving parameters and then save out the current Lisp image as a standalone application.
Extensions Contains subcommands that load commonly desired extensions to MCL, individually or in groups. MCL users can place additional extensions on this menu, as described in the file "lib:mcl-extensions.lisp".
Extensions/Load Multiple... Allows the programmer to load several extensions simultaneously, and then optionally save the resulting Lisp image to disk. Images are described in "Preserving programming sessions" on page 47, and in the MCL Reference Manual.
Extensions/Save Image... Allows the programmer to save an image of the current Lisp session. Images are described in "Preserving programming sessions" on page 47, and in the MCL Reference Manual.
Backtrace (Command-B)Brings up the stack backtrace window.
Fred Commands Displays a window listing all the commands available in Fred, the MCL editor.
Listener CommandsBrings up a window listing all Listener commands that differ from Fred commands.
Preferences... Brings up a dialog box that allows the user to set the values of various parameters and global variables of the Lisp environment.
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