---
name: "xclips"
section: "1x"
platform: "linux"
package: "xclips"
version: "6.21-6.2"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xclips/1x"
---

# xclips(1x)

GUI for the expert system programming language

## NAME

xclips	- GUI for the expert system programming language

## SYNOPSIS

**xclips**

## DESCRIPTION

**CLIPS** is a productive development and delivery expert system tool which provides a complete environment for the construction of rule and/or object based expert systems.  CLIPS is being used by numerous users throughout the public and private community including: all NASA sites and branches of the military, numerous federal bureaus, government contractors, universities, and many companies.

**Xclips** provides an X11-based GUI (developed with Xaw) that can be used to run the **CLIPS** interpreter. Through the GUI you can load clips files,  run the interpreter and do tracing and debugging of **CLIPS** programs.

## FILES

- */usr/lib/clips/clips.hlp*

  The help for the **BCLIPS** interpreter, type in *(help)* once  the interpreter is run it to read it.

- */etc/X11/app-defaults/Xclips*

  The default of the GUI setup including size, color and other Xaw attributes.

## BUGS

**CLIPS** is old software so bugs are not unheard of. IF you find any bugs please report them to the Debian developer, for more information read */usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt*.

## SEE ALSO

**[clips(1)](/clips/1.md)** **/usr/share/doc/clips-common/CLIPS-FAQ** In Debian systems, you will find the FAQ file compressed, use zcat or zless to read it.

**/usr/share/doc/clips-commo/html** You will find more documentation from upstream development in the html directoryin Debian systems.

**/usr/share/doc/clips-common/examples/** A number of examples of **CLIPS** program are available so you can test the interpreter and learn how it works. You can, for example, load one of them with **(load "/usr/share/doc/clips-common/examples/wordgame.clp")** and run it using **(reset)** and **(run)**.

## COPYRIGHT

This manpage was made by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino \<jfs@computer.org\> for Debian GNU/Linux  (but may be used by others)