To start the Visual LISP IDE, type at the AutoCAD Command Prompt:
Note: the menu selection changes depending on which window is active.
![]() | Loads the code in the text window into AutoCAD. |
![]() | Loads only the selected code in the text window into AutoCAD. |
![]() | Checks the code in the text window for syntatic errors. |
![]() | Checks only the selected code in the text window for syntatic errors. |
![]() | Formats all of the code in the text window. |
![]() | Formats only the selected code in the text window. |
Ctrl-] | Match Forward |
Ctrl-[ | Match Backward |
Ctrl-Shift-] | Match Select Forward |
Ctrl-Shift-[ | Match Select Backward |
![]() | [Step Into] Jumps into a nested expression, if any. If there is no nested expressions, it jumps to the next expression in sequence. |
![]() | [Step Over] Looks for the close parenthesis matching the open parenthesis where the program is currently paused, and evaluates the expressions in between. |
![]() | [Steps Out] searches for the end of the function where the program is currently paused, and evaluates all the expressions up to that point. |
![]() | [Continue] Resumes normal program execution from the breakpoint. |
![]() | [Quit Current Level] Terminates the current break loop and returns to a break loop one level up. This may be another break loop or the top-level read-eval-print loop. |
![]() | [Reset to Top Level] Terminates all currently active break loops and returns to the top read-eval-print loop. In other words, stop debugging. |
Note: To break into debugging mode without using a breakpoint goto Debug > Stop Once. Once you load the program, it will start the debug mode at the first expression Visual LISP encounters.
![]() | [comment] Turn the selected lines into comments by adding semi-colon(s). |
![]() | [uncomment] Uncomment the selected lines. |