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18.2.3 Symbols list

The symbols list displays the matched symbol names alongside the name of their home package. You can sort the list by clicking on the Home Package or Name header at the top of each column.

Select an item in the symbols list to display information about the symbol in the Description and Documentation areas, or to perform an operation on it. You may select multiple symbols, but in this case only the description and documentation for the first selected symbol is displayed.

You can transfer the selected symbol or symbols to other tools, for example by Symbol > Listen or Symbol > Inspect .

To unintern the selected symbol or symbols, choose Symbol > Unintern... .


LispWorks IDE User Guide (Macintosh version) - 22 Dec 2009

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