WHAT'S THE BEST PROGRAM TO EDIT AND CREATE LISP AT YOUR OPINION?

[rolisonfelipe]

WHAT'S THE BEST PROGRAM TO EDIT AND CREATE LISP AT YOUR OPINION.

[hak_vz · Accepted solution]

I use notepad++

Here is one of autolisp syntax highlighting codes that distinguishes it from Common lisp. 

I use it for many years, primarily because of its work with parentheses. 

There is also visual studio code.

[cadffm]

I guess you are the first who asks this question, so it isn't possbile to search&read older thread about it  😐

because of all the features:

BLADE

or for AutoDESK programs: Command: VLIDE

[john.uhden]

I like TextPad.

With Michael Puckett's contribution of a syntax file, symbols are a different color from Autodesk functions and strings and numbers.  And you can jump back and forth between matching parentheses, and choose the colors of highlighting selections versus comments (both foreground and background), and have multiple files open to copy'n'paste, and have .lsp files associated with the executable.

I think the most popular is Autodesk's built-in VLIDE for a lot of good reasons which I expect someone here will point out.  But I'm an old fart sorta stuck in my ways though still learning, which I hope will never cease.

Coupled with ZTREE's ability to view files (by any specification) without opening, and "gathering" lines of code to the clipboard, and opening selected files with their associated apps, and searching for files containing chosen strings (across multiple drives and directories), I feel in total command of my archaic creations.  Yay!  I think I still have a pulse!

[Sea-Haven · Accepted solution]

Notepad ++ it now has a run notepad extension so can code and test. It also does { } checking in dcl's very handy.

When I get real stuck use vlide to find bugs. 

Tried Blade copy and paste code never runs so skip it even though do most of my stuff in Bricscad.

[john.uhden · Accepted solution]

Guess I should try it.
But here at work I don't have administrative privileges to install anything
on my PC. Nor does anyone else. They pay Tim and Tom to come in and screw
with things.
Luckily ZTREE needs only to be copied to anywhere on the system.

[hak_vz]

@john.uhden

Notepad++ Portable  can run from a cloud folder, external drive (USB Stick), or local folder without installing into Windows.

[dbroad]

If you mean AutoLISP in relation to using AutoCAD, then VLIDE, hands down.  It's the only editor with a direct link to the active AutoCAD drawing and AutoCAD help files. It color codes syntax, debugs, formats, does parenthesis matching, etc.  It can set break points and can step through the program.  It also has a trace window for debugging reactors. You can also examine the drawing's tables and data.

All these others have no connection to AutoCAD AFAIK. Vlide has it's problems but it still far exceeds the others for AutoLISP.

[ronjonp · Accepted solution]

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@dbroad wrote:

If you mean AutoLISP in relation to using AutoCAD, then VLIDE, hands down.  It's the only editor with a direct link to the active AutoCAD drawing and AutoCAD help files. It color codes syntax, debugs, formats, does parenthesis matching, etc.  It can set break points and can step through the program.  It also has a trace window for debugging reactors. You can also examine the drawing's tables and data.

All these others have no connection to AutoCAD AFAIK. Vlide has it's problems but it still far exceeds the others for AutoLISP.

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@dbroad  Agreed. I use the VLIDE as well.