new to writing lisp

where is a good place to learn to write a lisp routine?
i have been trying to write a button macro, but the "\" backslash has been kicking my but. this is the macro as i have it so far:

-plot n;;;\\hp01\Phaser 7300N

im trying to make it so that i can change all my old drawing to refrence the new printer(the phaser 7300) instead of having to right click, page setup,etc.etc.

thats a very time consuming process when dealing with hundreds of files. any help would be GREATLY apreciated.

 

I suggest putting your plot command in a Lisp or script, then
just run the lisp or script from your button. Problem is, the plotter name \\hp01\Phaser 7300N needs to be contained in
double-quote characters i.e. "\\hp01\\Phaser 7300N" or such.
Make a Lisp file: hp01_7300N.lsp
(command "_-plot" "n" "" "" "" "\\hp01\\Phaser 7300N" ......)
For button:
[button words]^c^c(load "hp01_7300N")
Place the .lsp in a support folder.

Bob

 

This newsgroup is a wonderful place to ask questions and receive
answers. Another small step for first time Lispers to hep get started is
our TechCenter web-site [www.4d-technologies.com/techcenter] where we
have compiled over 400+ Lisp functions that you can plug and paste into
your Lisp applications. Mid you, they are not full-fledged working Lisp
commands but instead are library functions covering areas like Polyline,
Geometry, Layer, Drawing Management, AutoCAD Map, Blocks, Polyline,
Strings, Text, ADO, ActiveX, Models, Import-Export, Dimension etc etc.

You may want to take a look at the FREE downloads on our TechCenter
web-site:

URL:

www.4d-technolgoies.com/techcenter

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards
Rakesh

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There was an error in the URL in my post. The correct URL is:

www.4d-technologies.com/techcenter

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thanks for your suggestions, but i figured it out. I just ended up making a pc3 file and pointing my macro towards that, worked perfectly.