The Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM) is a

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-based programming interface for creating

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s (GUIs). It provides an

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(API) to user interface facilities for the programming language

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. It is a fully

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, using the

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(CLOS) and is based on the mechanism of

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. There are also facilities for output device independence. It is descended from the GUI system Dynamic Windows of

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s between 1988 and 1993. The main development was CLIM 2.0, released in 1993. It is

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released under a

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(LGPL). CLIM has been designed to be

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across different

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architecture for its window system interface. CLIM supports, like Dynamic Windows, so-called Presentations. CLIM is available for Allegro CL, LispWorks, Macintosh Common Lisp, and Symbolics Genera Listener

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implementation of CLIM is named

McCLIM McCLIM is an implementation of the Common Lisp Interface Manager (CLIM), for the programming language Common Lisp. The project is named partly after Mike McDonald, the person who began it. It is free and open-source software released under the GN ...

. It has several extensions to CLIM and has been used for several applications like Climacs, an

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-like editor. It also provides a

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(REPL) for Common Lisp.

Applications using CLIM

* BB1 Blackboard Kernel (BBK) * CLASP: analyzes data from experiments via graphics, statistical tests, and various data manipulation types * CLIB, a prototype interface builder for CLIM * Direct Labor Management System (DLMS), manages automobile manufacturing process system at Ford assembly plants
DLMAPS
an ontology-based spatial query language and environment, a predecessor of GeoSPARQL
GenEd
editor with generic semantics for formal reasoning on visual notations * Grasper-CL, graph management system
KONWERK
a domain independent configuration tool
Mirage
an editor for building gadget-oriented graphical user interfaces.
Pathway Tools
a comprehensive bioinformatics software package that spans genome data management, systems biology, and omics data analysis.
Petri nets
a Petri net editor and simulator
SENEX
a CLOS/CLIM application for molecular pathology
SPIKE
scheduling system for the Hubble space telescope observations. Also used fo
ASTRO-D
an X-Ray observation astronomy mission
SpyGlass
an analysis environment for viewing packet traces, from BBN.
VITRA Workbench
an integrated vision and natural language processing system
VISCO
a visual spatial query language
Climaxima
a

Maxima (software) Maxima () is a computer algebra system (CAS) based on a 1982 version of Macsyma. It is written in Common Lisp and runs on all POSIX platforms such as macOS, Unix, BSD, and Linux, as well as under Microsoft Windows and Android. It is free softwar ...

graphical front-end.
Tangram
a Tangram Puzzle Solver capable of solving arbitrary geometric tiling problems.

References

External links

* , McCLIM
CLIM 2.0 Specification
as multiple

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pages; (McCLIM tarballs contain the specification's

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