Rescuing my lisp

[JSelf]

This is a really dumb question caused by a really dumb mistake.

If I have an unsaved lisp loaded into memory from the Visual Lisp IDE, and I close the lisp without saving...is there a way to extract the loaded lisp from memory somewhere?

Thanks,
Jason

[rkmcswain]

If it was defined with (defun-q), then you can do this prefix the function name with a (!) to view the code (at the command line)

Example:
Command: !C:myfunc

[M. Kubitza]

If it was defined with (defun-q), then you can do this prefix the function name with a (!) to view the code (at the command line)

Example:
Command: !C:myfunc

Explain (defun-q)... or is "-q" just representative of the rest of the code..?

[RobertB]

If I have an unsaved lisp loaded into memory from the Visual Lisp IDE, and I close the lisp without saving...is there a way to extract the loaded lisp from memory somewhere?

Probably not, because I'm betting you used defun and not defun-q as R.K. mentioned.

[RobertB]

Explain (defun-q)... or is "-q" just representative of the rest of the code..?

No, it is not. Read about the differences between defun and defun-q in the Developer's Guide.

[rkmcswain]

Sorry, that was a really big IF, but it was the only way I can think of.

I'm assuming that the lisp interpreter compiles (if you don't like "compile", use your own word here...) the code when you use (defun) or otherwise load code into memory, therefore there is nothing to retrieve.

[JSelf]

I just thought there might be a way...wasn't a whole lot of code to re-write
I seem to remember leaving trace and animate and then re-opening autocad...and it brought code up, It's been years since I have done that though.

Now reading what defun-q's purpose is I see why it used to act that way.

Thanks,
Jason