Learning Lisp

[Wolfgirl]

Hey all. There used to be this really neat thread that had all sorts of methods people had recommended to learn Lisp. So...

What reference materials do/did you use to learn lisp? And what was you opinion of them? (ie good, bad, beginners, advanced, etc)

Thank you for any help in resurrecting this thread!!! :D

[mjfarrell]

Check this website out. It is afralisp (http://www.afralisp.net/)

[Mike.Perry]

Hi

Below snippet is from an old ACAD Guild post that I made (Aug 2003); note additions in red -

<snip>
Have you Subscribed to the LISP Guild? Great place to learn. (Now replaced by the LISP Forum)

Keep an eye out for the next and future ATP Courses offered by AUGI.

http://www.afralisp.net/ (http://www.afralisp.co.za/) An excellent site for learning LISP (New home)

http://www.acadx.com/ An other excellent site (Down for the moment :( )

http://home.netcom.com/~rogh/autolisp/ (http://web.archive.org/web/20030409074651/http://home.netcom.com/~rogh/autolisp/) (Web Archive)

http://www.smadsen.com/ (New home) What can I say apart from Stig Madsen ;-)

http://www.caddigest.com/subjects/autocad/tutorials/

Autodesk How-to Articles (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/autoindex?siteID=123112&id=2252249&linkID=2475176)

Hope the above helps a little, Mike
</snip>

Have a good one, Mike

[stig.madsen]

http://www.acadx.com/ An other excellent site (Hopefully Bobby or Robert can enlighten us to the current state of their site)
I wondered what happened to that site, also. Hope it will still be available.

...http://intervision.hjem.wanadoo.dk/
Mike, thanks for referring to my humble stuff. Although that URL is still valid, it has moved to http://www.smadsen.com. The old URL will not be updated anymore.

[bobbymichaels2]

can't find the following site:
http://home.netcom.com/~rogh/autolisp/

[ Moderator Action = ON ]A copy of this can be found on the Web Archive (http://web.archive.org/web/20030409074651/http://home.netcom.com/~rogh/autolisp/) site.[ Moderator Action = OFF ]

[David.Hoole]

Hi Wolfgirl

If you're into good old fashioned paper, there are a couple of good text books out there.
For novices, the best one I've seen is:

AutoLISP Programming: Principles & Techniques
Author- Rod Rawls
Publisher- Goodheart Willcox
ISBN No.- 1566374170

For more advanced folk, there's:

AutoCAD Developer's Guide to Visual LISP
Author- Nikolai Poleschuk
Publisher- Charles River Media
ISBN No. 1584500913

I teach an introductory AutoLISP class at a local college, & these are the texts I recommend to my students.

[RobertB]

We will return under a new domain name, when I get the time to make the move.

[Robert.Hall]

I found this zip file on a website.....looks like lesson plans to teach lisp.

Hi

Sorry for the *edit* but I believe it would best if the file Lesson.zip was *not* posted on the AUGI web site unless the author has given their permission (if they have then please accept my apology and repost the file).

Better still, please post the URL to Lesson.zip so people can go to the authors site directly and download the file for themselves.

AUGI can not take chances with regard any Copyright infringements that may exist + It would be only proper/right to get the author's permission before posting their work.

Thanks for your understanding,

Mike

Forum Moderator

[rtorres]

Here's one PDF tutorial acquired from the NET.
[By the way the author gives permission to distribute on pg3. of his PDF.]

Author. Jos Van Doorn, 2003

:Puffy:

[rtorres]

Here's another link.
This guy is pretty good with his tutorials.


http://www.jefferypsanders.com/autolisp.html

[randys]

Here's another link.
This guy is pretty good with his tutorials.


http://www.jefferypsanders.com/autolisp.html


This site is really good, back to the basics, but very effective and helpful.

Thank you

[hugh.69031]

Plenty here:

http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/autocad/wiki/AutoLisp

hth
Hugh

[Mike.Perry]

http://www.acadx.com/ An other excellent site (Hopefully Bobby or Robert can enlighten us to the current state of their site)Hi

Woo! Hoo! it's back...

:beer: Mike

[RobertB]

Yes, AcadX.com is baaaccckkkk!

I am also planning on stepping into the tutorial mode, since AfraLisp is gone.

[Alex Page]

I Learnt Lisp back in Release 11, then release 12 came out with a very good manual on using Lisp (hard copy of course).......If you can get hold of that you are well on your way. I still use it more than anything else!

[Mike.Perry]

I am also planning on stepping into the tutorial mode, since AfraLisp is gone.Hi Robert

Some rumours suggest it will be back...

:beer: Mike

[RobertB]

Hi Robert

Some rumours suggest it will be back...

:beer: Mike
So I've read. I asked Kenny, but haven't heard from him yet.

[imblueflies]

Here's another link.
This guy is pretty good with his tutorials.


http://www.jefferypsanders.com/autolisp.html


Jeff has helped me out a few times and has always delivered!! He has been so helpful I can't recommend his site enough.

[dekmf43]

Ya'll are awesome!!!! I spent quite a while today at work changing lower case text to upper case, and I KNEW there was a Lisp program to do it! We had it where I worked before, so I knew it could be done! I just started doing some CAD consulting for a civil engineering firm...I haven't gotten my laptop yet, and the computer I was working on didn't have 'net access, so I couldn't get to my AUGI forums! It's outrageous that they pay me so much, when half the time I'm looking up answers on AUGI! :) Keep up the great work!

[Opie]

Hi Robert

Some rumours suggest it will be back...

:beer: Mike
Afralisp is back (http://www.afralisp.net/) 8-)

[boesiii]

The AUGI training program had an excellant program on learing lisp and creating lisp routines. The program number was 049. A good starting point.

[gareth.spencer]

Hi,
I am a new to this site and i am requesting a little help. I have been working with AutoCAD now for a few years and would like to learn about AutoLISP can anyone point me in the right direction to were I can start. For example the best sites to go for tutorial I can look at or download to get me started.
Thanks.

Gareth

[Opie]

You could try Afralisp (http://www.afralisp.net/). This site has some good tutorials.

If you have any questions, just ask in here. Someone will come along and help you out.

[peter]

Hi Gareth,

I teach Visual LISP at a college level and have tried a few different to present the material.

I would suggest the book AutoLISP programming practices and techniques by Rawls and Hagen.

It is written for r14 but is a great place to start learning lisp.

It is an excellent workbook to learn "AutoLISP".

Once you have a good foundation in "AutoLISP" ... The visual LISP part is fairly straight forward.

Ofcourse the best place to learn LISP is on any one of the several LISP forums including, the autodesk newgroups, AUGI forums, theswamp.org, or www.waun.org (http://www.waun.org) email lists.



As mentioned about Kenny Ramage's afra lisp is also an excellent resourse.

Autodesk University is a good place to learn too.

Peter Jamtgaard P.E.


Hi,
I am a new to this site and i am requesting a little help. I have been working with AutoCAD now for a few years and would like to learn about AutoLISP can anyone point me in the right direction to were I can start. For example the best sites to go for tutorial I can look at or download to get me started.
Thanks.

Gareth

[Mike.Perry]

I am a new to this site and i am requesting a little help. I have been working with AutoCAD now for a few years and would like to learn about AutoLISP can anyone point me in the right direction to were I can start. For example the best sites to go for tutorial I can look at or download to get me started.Hi

Also try this thread - Learning Lisp (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=4657)

Have a good one, Mike

[devitg.89838]

Hi,
I am a new to this site and i am requesting a little help. I have been working with AutoCAD now for a few years and would like to learn about AutoLISP can anyone point me in the right direction to were I can start. For example the best sites to go for tutorial I can look at or download to get me started.
Thanks.

Gareth
Please see here

http://courses.home.att.net/autolisp/index.htm

[Glenndp]

Hi Gareth

Please note that I have merged your thread with this one.

I have also stickied this thread since it contains a collection of great resources for learning lisp. Hopefully this will make it easier for new people wanting to learn lisp to find.

Thanks

[jguest]

I Learnt Lisp back in Release 11, then release 12 came out with a very good manual on using Lisp (hard copy of course).......If you can get hold of that you are well on your way. I still use it more than anything else!

I couldn't agree more - I have a borrowed copy on my desk here at work, and another copy (which I was fortunate enough to be given when a previous workplace upgraded to R14) in my office at home.

I find it much easier than navigating the online help. My only concern though is that it might not include the whole of the available function list, seeing as it is now over 13 years old. I haven't found anything yet that has been dropped, though, so that means that it is a good place to start as everything in it stillworks (afaik).

Personally I think it would be a good move on the part of AutoDesk if they were to offer a new edition of this invaluable resource. Its best feature is that it is written in plain language so as even newbies like myself can understand it, yet it covers even the most complex topics.

Chapter 4 (Catalog of AutoLISP Functions) in particular is exceptionally helpful as a 'Quick Reference', and I have even seen LISP programmers with many years of experience refer back to this book on a regular basis.

[CadDog]

I just got back myself and
was able to find all my lisp friends...
Kenny and others....

I knew Kenny was away but wow
this site is easily doubled in size...

I have hours and hours of reading to do to catch again...

So many codes to read but so little time...:)

[aaronic_abacus]

I recommend "AutoLISP in plain English"
Also I find the AutoCAD R12 AutoLISP manual to very useful.

[zoomharis]

Hi all,
I am very new to AutoLISP. I found 14 lessons (http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?siteID=123112&id=2309147&linkID=2475176) by Dave Pitzer on AutoCAD website very cool. It's so easy that I could cover all the chapters by 3 days. I found it staright forward and easy to understand. Many thanks to Dave and all LISPers here.

:)
har!s

[rkmcswain]

Afralisp is back (http://www.afralisp.co.za/) 8-)

It has moved again.

http://www.afralisp.net/

Announcement:
http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6918

[schmitzrd]

Plenty here:

http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/autocad/wiki/AutoLisp

hth
Hugh
not up anymore :(

[rkmcswain]

It's cached...

http://web.archive.org/web/20050321084352/http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/autocad/

[cgrommett]

Wow! I consider myself pretty good at researching online, but every site posted is new to me. I'm impressed that so many were found by you all that I never came across. I guess I should have put more effort into it. Thanks again!

[orhan]

Hello,

You can check out http://www.dailyautocad.com/autolisp/

regards

[prexem]

Hello,

You can check out http://www.dailyautocad.com/autolisp/

regards

In autolisp pseudo codes are needed? Thanks.

[archie.manza]

This thread is awesome...Thanks for the recommended sites that y'all had given.