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5.14.3 CAPI—Common Application Programming Interface

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The Common Application Programming Interface (CAPI) is a portable GUI toolkit, supporting native look and feel on Microsoft Windows®, GTK+, Cocoa® and Motif®. The CAPI is included in LispWorks on all supported platforms. The LispWorks IDE is implemented using CAPI.

Features

• Conceptually simple, CLOS-based model.
• Standard set of elements including menus, buttons, toolbars, text panes, lists, graphs, scroll bars, tabs, dividers and so on.
• Window-system specifics hidden from the programmer.
• User-defined elements and interface classes.
• Integrated with Graphics Ports drawing API.
• Multiple-document interface (MDI) and docking supported on Microsoft Windows.
• Comprehensive documentation.