Useful CL utility - Hyperspec Addon
Thursday, April 22, 2004
The hyperspec.el utility is commonly used by CL programmers who program with Emacs. It automatically brings up the HTML documentation for the CL symbol under the cursor when the designated function key is pressed. Both ILISP and SLIME include it in their distributions. Even CL programmers who don't use ILISP/SLIME often use hyperspec.el since it provides convenient access to online CL documentation. Now, an addon program (hyperspec-addon.el) has been released. This addon program adds the following hyperspec functionality:
- chapter names (e.g. " [Objects]")
- format control characters (e.g. " ~C: Character")
- reader macro characters (e.g. " #+")
- loop keywords (e.g. " loop:collect")
- MOP symbols (e.g. " class-direct-slots")
- arguments (e.g. " :recursive-p")
- concepts (e.g. " lambda lists:")
