6.2 Description of the podium

When you start the environment, by default a window known as the podium appears.

Figure 6.1 The Common LispWorks podium

The podium contains a menu bar and a message area .

The Common LispWorks tools have most if not all of these menu items in common with the podium.

The menu bar contains five menus:

• The Works menu contains commands that operate on the current window.
• The File menu contains commands that load, save and compile Lisp files.
• The Tools menu contains commands to create and configure Common LispWorks tools.
• The Windows menu lists all the current windows in the environment. To make any window the active window, choose it from this menu.
• The Help menu contains commands described in Getting Help.