terpri &optional output-stream → nil

fresh-line &optional output-stream → generalized-boolean

output-stream – an output stream designator. The default is standard output.

generalized-boolean — a generalized boolean.

terpri outputs a newline to output-stream.

fresh-line is similar to terpri but outputs a newline only if the output-stream is not already at the start of a line. If for some reason this cannot be determined, then a newline is output anyway. fresh-line returns true if it outputs a newline; otherwise it returns false.

 (with-output-to-string (s) 
    (write-string "some text" s) 
    (terpri s) 
    (terpri s) 
    (write-string "more text" s)) 
→ "some text 

more text" 
 (with-output-to-string (s) 
    (write-string "some text" s) 
    (fresh-line s) 
    (fresh-line s) 
    (write-string "more text" s)) 
→ "some text 
more text"

The output-stream is modified.

*standard-output*, *terminal-io*.

None.

terpri is identical in effect to

(write-char #\Newline output-stream)