| *WITH-FORMAT-DIRECTION keyword symbol |
| Establishes the default for the :direction format-slot of the base-format. If you want to change this default behavior, you can override this parameter globally or bind it dynamically. Alternatively you can specify a different value for :direction in the call to with-format. Valid keywords are the same as for Common Lisp open or with-open-file. Default is :output. Normally this should not be changed in user code. |