Is that true, 2021 onwards lisp codes will not work for Autocad???

[Anonymous]

Dear All,

I have a question that, from 2021 onwards autolisp/ Visual lisp codes will not work for Autocad?

So far, I have collected 500 lisp scripts for automation.

I am worrying that, if 2021 onwards lisp not work, then what is the alternate solution to use all my 500 lisp scripts???

Thanks a lot in advance for experts.

[chriscowgill7373]

LISP works perfectly fine in 2021.  There was an added support for UNICODE, but all of my current code works perfectly fine in 2021.  If you compile lisp, you could have a problem with backwards compatibility (unless you use LISPSYS set to 0 or 2)

[Anonymous]

What may disappear (if the guys at Autodesk don't change their mind) is the Visual LISP Development Environment, the one we have used for twenty years. They are planning to substitute it with Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor.

This is the only option right now if LISPSYS is set to 1 or 2.

[Anonymous]

Dear Sir,

SOFT VISUAL STUDIO CODE EDITOR will have all the debugging, what we have till now in visual lisp developing environment?

[cadffm]

We all are not Autodesk,

Autodesk will not talk about these things before it is available.

But i guess:

You will see the vlide for a long time 

and VS will never have the same features.

[chriscowgill7373]

I'm not fully understanding your question.  Visual Code has an extension that allows you to see color formatting, and perform debugging, similar to the VLIDE.  The only thing I have not yet found how to do is to find a closing () by using the control key and arrows.  Otherwise, to me it seems to be the same.  The advantage, I dont have to open VLIDE to compile my code, and I dont have to have AutoCAD open or even installed to write code.

[Anonymous]

Sir, Thanks a lot for replying.

So 2021, allows user to load FAS, LSP and all other lisp code formats through APPLOAD Command?

[pendean]

AutoCAD2021 acts no differently than any other version with LISPs you've collected: install it for yourself and find out more.

[Anonymous]

VS Code debugging is OK. It has things VLIDE does not have like the Source Control Management View (have to install GIT for it to work). Lacks great things VLIDE has, for example APROPOS.

[cadffm]

Yes,

Just set LISPSYS to use vlide 

( and after you installed 2021, read about the obsolet, changed and new commands and variables, for part for developer also.

[cadffm]

We thinking you come from 2015-2020, right?

[Sea-Haven]

Check brackets written like 30 years ago if you want it can see quickly mismatched pairs, for me now Notepad++ much easier.

[Sea-Haven]

Lisp will never die its just to much of Autocad there would be mass exit to other software, how many years now since Autodesk announced support would be ceased for VBA. 5-6 ? Open code just makes life so much easier.

For me don't use Vlide only when really stuck I use cut and paste test as I go. But Autocad since ver 1.4.

[pbejse]

Change is the only constant thing in this world @Anonymous 

Like most things on Earth, you just have to adapt.  You are not alone in this 😄

[roland.r71]

Same here. I never use the VLIDE, so won't miss it. Even gave them (the creators of Notepad++) my language file for (way more) syntax highlighting of LISP, which you could download from their UDL page. (but i currently don't see it there anymore). Did the same for Textpad.

[cadffm]

It's not a shame, it is your time to debug and finding lisp functions,

it's your thing not to use the project feature.

(also add highlight for your own functions to the vlide too)

It's so comfortable not to need copy&paste or save&reload.

🙂

But: It could better.

I am missing the the feature to expand and collapse lines from one open-parantese to the close-parantese),

For example: Hide lines between (defun x ....and.... ) ;_end defun X

[lena.talkhina]

Hello @Anonymous !

Great to see you here on LISP community forum!

Let me check internally what the status is.

I will provide more information as soon as receive it.

[john.uhden]

I'm pretty sure that I will just keep using TextPad.

[roland.r71]

You should realy try notepad++. I have 'm both, but np++ just has the few extra's (like code collapsing & matching function/variable parenthesis highlighting) that makes it better. & its free 😊

[pbejse]

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@roland.r71 wrote:

You should realy try notepad++. I have 'm both, but np++ just has the few extra's (like code collapsing & matching function/variable parenthesis highlighting) that makes it better. & its free 😊

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Or just get use to working with VS code. 😊

Best to get with the times I always say.