Lisp Programming with Cusp

Sergey Kolos

Ver 0.9.375

Cusp is an IDE for programming in lisp (Common Lisp flavor). It comes prepackaged with SBCL and a set of tested libraries. Its package contains everything for it to work and Cusp doesn't have any external dependencies (other than Eclipse). Cusp contains all the basic features you expect from modern IDE and some more: code formatting and coloring, folding, outline, auto-completion proposals, hover quick-help, argument tips, jump to definition, project wizard, integrated testing, library management, code context sensitive help, debugger.

In this tutorial I show what it takes to write Lisp programs in Cusp. The tutorial probably is too basic for many users, but it still worth looking through since it provides overview of all important features that Cusp has.

Installation
Getting Started: Your First Lisp Program
- Creating Lisp Project
- Writing Code and Basic Navigation
- Quitting And Restarting
- Building Executable
Dealing With Problems
- Basic Debugger Overview
- Advanced Debugger Features
- Inspector
- Compilation Warnings and Errors
- Watch (trace)
Getting Help
- HyperSpec and LispDoc
- Quick Assistance
- Apropos
Big Projects
- Advanced Navigation Features
- Adding Files to the Project
Using Libraries
- Loading Installed Library
- Installing New Library
- Using External Library in Your Package
Included Libraries
What's Next

What's Next

There are several excellent books and other resources for CL available online:

Lisp Programming with Cusp

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