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Miscellaneous Functions

Function: initialize &optional clear-system-definitions

This function initializes the system. When clear-system-definitions is non-nil, system-defined message patterns, and scripts are also removed.

Function: connect

This function establishes a TCP connection with the post-offices. A host name and a port number are specified in the *post-office-list* variable.

Function: reset &optional clear-message-patterns

This function closes the stream connecting to the post-office and deletes all the agent definitions in the same (Lisp) system. When clear-message-patterns is non-nil, the message patterns defined (except system defined ones) are also removed.

Variable: *post-office-list*

This variable holds information regarding the post-offices in the following format.

 *post-office-list* ::= ({(post-office-location medium)}+)
 post-office-location ::= location-name 
 medium ::= :tcp-ip host-name port-number-or-service-name 

Variable: *location-name*

This variable holds the location name of the current Lisp system.

Variable: *client-host-list*

This variable holds a list of the name of machines from which a connection is allowed.


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