To
aid you in the process of maintaining multiple-file applications,
VLISP provides a construct called a project. A VLISP project contains
a list of AutoLISP source files, and a set of rules on how to compile
the files. Using the project definition, VLISP can do the following:
- Check
which .lsp files in your application
have changed, and automatically recompile only the modified files.
This procedure is known as a Make procedure.
- Simplify
access to source files by listing all source files associated with
a project, making them accessible with a single-click.
- Help
you find code fragments by searching for strings when you do not know
which source files contain the text you're looking for. VLISP limits the
search to files included in your project.
- Optimize
compiled code by directly linking the corresponding parts of multiple
source files.
Before discussing how to define and use VLISP
projects, it may help to introduce file types used in VLISP.
