To View an AutoLISP Program in the Visual LISP IDE Text Editor (Visual LISP IDE)

Open an existing LSP file for edit in the Visual LISP IDE.

Note: The Visual LISP IDE is available on Windows only.

1. In Visual LISP, click File Open File.
2. In the Open File dialog box, browse to the folder that contains the AutoLISP (LSP) file you want to open.
3. Double-click the file to open, or select the file and click Open.

   Visual LISP opens the file in a new text editor window.

Note: The Visual LISP editor allows you to open and work on more than one file at a time.

Example

This example requires the installation of the Visual LISP Sample files.

1. In Visual LISP, click File Open File.
2. In the Open File dialog box, browse to the Sample\VisualLISP folder, which is located in your AutoCAD installation directory.
3. Double-click the drawline.lsp file.

   Visual LISP opens the file in a new window—the text editor window—and displays the name of the file in the status bar. If you make a change to the text in the editor window, or add new text, Visual LISP places an asterisk (*) next to the file name in the status bar. The asterisk remains next to that file name until you either save your changes or close the file.