A browsing interface for S-expressions

This paper presents a new system for Lisp object inspecting. The author has implemented a system called "List Window" which provides Lisp programmers with a method for inspecting S-expressions on a screen. This system was designed in order to help Lisp programming, especially debugging.Whe...

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Published in:SIGPLAN notices 1991-08, Vol.26 (8), p.128-136
Main Author: Yuasa, Kei
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This paper presents a new system for Lisp object inspecting. The author has implemented a system called "List Window" which provides Lisp programmers with a method for inspecting S-expressions on a screen. This system was designed in order to help Lisp programming, especially debugging.When developing the List Window system, it was necessary to output, a big list into a given sized terminal with proper indentations. The system sets a focal point in a list and truncates elements which are far from the focus. Main parts of this paper describe this method of truncating branches of a list.
ISSN:0362-1340
1558-1160
DOI:10.1145/122598.122612