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Whether you're just getting started or refreshing your knowledge of Interlisp, we have a variety of documentation to help you along.
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#### Introductory material
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1. [The Basics of Interlisp](/software/Using.html). Essential information on the Interlisp language and the differences with Common Lisp.
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1. [The Basics of Interlisp](/software/using-medley/cl-intro). Essential information for the Common Lisp programmer on the Interlisp language and the differences with Common Lisp.
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1. [Medley for the Novice](https://interlisp.org/documentation/Medley-Primer.pdf) (also known as Medley Primer). An introductory guide to the basics of Medley such as executing commands, using menus and files, manipulating windows, editing and saving Lisp code, using the development tools, and more. Read it in full. The code in chapter 20 "Free Menus" doesn't work and some illustrations are missing.
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1. [SEdit — The Lisp Editor](https://drive.google.com/file/d/12LW5zCZauJvC63NRMJhjNv5qJkuuCflb/view?usp=sharing). The manual of SEdit, the default Lisp code editor.
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1. [LispCourse notes](https://interlisp.org/pub-pdfs/lispcourse/lispcourse.pdf). The notes of a beginner course on the Interlisp environment that goes from the basics of interacting with the system to programming in Lisp. Highly recommended. Skip the sections on printing and the network as modern Medley doesn't fully implement the described functionality. The formatting of the text is partially broken and some sections are missing.

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## Interlisp Basics for Common Lisp users
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A few basics -- enough to get you started from the Medley User's Guide of ~30 years ago.
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If you are familiar with Common Lisp, this guide includes some basics.
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## Interlisp
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Interlisp is a dialect of Lisp and as such, it is based on the familiar
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syntax of left-parenthesis, function name, arguments, and
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right-parenthesis. Besides many of the functions having different
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names and arguments compared to Common Lisp, Interlisp has many other,
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more fundamental, differences from Common Lisp. While this section
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will not go into any of the functional differences between Interlisp
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Interlisp is a dialect of Lisp and as such, it is based on the familiar syntax of left-parenthesis, function name, arguments, and right-parenthesis. Besides many of the functions having different names and arguments compared to Common Lisp, Interlisp has many other, more fundamental, differences from Common Lisp. While this section will not go into any of the functional differences between Interlisp and Common Lisp, it will attempt to detail the more fundamental differences between the two. The reference manual may be used for a detailed description of the Interlisp functions.
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### Upper- and Lower Case
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Most Interlisp primitives are upper case.
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As a side note, the Medley system includes a package called DWIM (Do
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What I Mean). This system reads in what you type and attempts to
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typing errors this system will auto-convert something you type in
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lowercase into uppercase. Thus it may appear that the case doesn't
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As a side note, the Medley system includes feature called DWIM (Do
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What I Mean). When code would ordinarily cause an error to occur,
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DWIM first attempts to correct the error, e.g., by spelling correction
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on variables and function names. In many situations DWIM will ask the
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user to approve the change, but in some situations (like evaluating
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It may appear that the case doesn't matter - but it does.
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### Variables
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Medley handling of macros is different: from a Common Lisp point of view, Interlisp "macros" are treated as compiler-optimizers (if the symbol has a function definition) or as (Common Lisp) macros.
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## Medley Common Lisp
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The term "Common Lisp" covers a range of development stages, first

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