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@copyright{} 2016 Craig Lanning
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@title Building Applications in CLIM
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@author Craig Lanning
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@c Introduction
@c Designing the Application
@c Topics
@c   Application Frame
@c     Application Default Panes
@c       :title Pane
@c       :command-menu Pane
@c       :interactor Pane
@c       :application Pane
@c       :accept-values Pane
@c       :pointer-documentation Pane
@c     Custom Panes
@c     Pane Layouts
@c     Commands and Command Tables
@c     Presentation Actions
@c       Actions
@c       Presentation-to-Command Translators
@c     Presentations
@c       Presentation Methods (accept, present)

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@node Book Introduction
@chapter Introduction

I have worked in Lisp for over 30 years.  I started in Zetalisp on a
Symbolics Lisp Machine.  Later I moved to Common Lisp on conventional
computers.

In Zetalisp, I built applications using the object system Flavors and
built the GUI in Dynamic Windows.

Once I moved to Common Lisp, I built the applications in CLOS (Common
Lisp Object System) and the GUI in CLIM (Common Lisp Interface Manager).

When I started using CLIM, I noticed that the CLIM Specification was
really only good for describing the implementation of CLIM.  It didn't
really help me figure out how to use it.  I did that by trial and error.

This book is inteded to fill that void.  We will talk about how to build
a CLIM interface for your object oriented application.  We will use a
few games as examples.


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