About Setting Case for Symbols (Visual LISP IDE)

The Visual LISP code formatter can make it easy to distinguish between protected and unprotected AutoLISP symbols.

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

An AutoLISP symbol can be a variable or function name.

• Protected symbols are identified as those that are built-in or assigned the ASSIGN-PROTECT flag.
• Unprotected symbols are identified as those that are user defined.

You can set the code formatter to change the case of symbols according to their protection state. You can choose to not change the case of a protected or unprotected symbol, or change the symbol to all lowercase or uppercase letters. Case changes occur when either the Format Edit Window or Format Selection tools are used.