The
following table provides summary descriptions of the AutoLISP display control
functions.
Display
control functions
|
Function
|
Description
|
(graphscr)
|
Displays
the AutoCAD graphics screen
|
(grdraw from to color [highlight])
|
Draws a
vector between two points, in the current viewport
|
(grtext [box text [highlight]])
|
Writes
text to the status line or to screen menu areas
|
(grvecs vlist [trans])
|
Draws multiple
vectors on the graphics screen
|
(menucmd string)
|
Issues
menu commands, or sets and retrieves menu item status
|
(menugroup groupname)
|
Verifies
that a menu group is loaded
|
(prin1 [expr [file-desc]])
|
Prints
an expression to the command line or writes an expression to an
open file
|
(princ [expr [file-desc]])
|
Prints
an expression to the command line, or writes an expression to an
open file
|
(print [expr [file-desc]])
|
Prints
an expression to the command line, or writes an expression to an
open file
|
(prompt msg)
|
Displays
a string on your screen's prompt area
|
(redraw [ename [mode]])
|
Redraws
the current viewport or a specified object (entity) in the current
viewport
|
(terpri)
|
Prints
a newline to the Command line
|
(textpage)
|
Switches
from the graphics screen to the text screen
|
(textscr)
|
Switches
from the graphics screen to the text screen (like the AutoCAD Flip
Screen function key)
|
(vports)
|
Returns
a list of viewport descriptors for the current viewport configuration
|
