Understanding the Advanced Programming Tools
As some of the preceding exercises have shown, programming tools, such as color-coding, parentheses and syntax checking, and auto formatting, are helpful in writing and debugging AutoLISP code. Chances are that these tools are the ones you use most often because they address the vast majority of LISP programming concerns. However, Visual LISP offers a set of more advanced programming tools. These include
Break loop mode. You can halt program execution at user-specified points to inspect and modify the value of programming objects, such as AutoLISP variables, expressions, and functions.
Animation. You can watch as Visual LISP steps through your program code and evaluates each expression. Each expression ...
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