[plt-scheme] DrScheme Interactions window

I am still having trouble creating the executable. I have set the language
to (module...) and have this at the top of my document:

(module spanish mzscheme)
(require (lib "plt-pretty-big.ss" "lang") (lib "gui.ss" "htdp"))

I selected create executable from the Scheme menu and chose Stand-alone and
MrEd. I then clicked create and got this message:

load-handler: expected a `module' declaration for `spanish' in "Mi
Computadora:Programs:PLT:spanish.scm", found: spanish.scm

spanish.scm is the name of the file I am working on.

-Connor

>>on 5/11/04 5:50 AM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:

> For list-related administrative tasks:
> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
> 
> 
> On May 10, 2004, at 11:37 PM, Connor Ferguson wrote:
> 
>> For list-related administrative tasks:
>> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>> 
>> I've solved the problem.
> 
> Nah, you just made the program work by accident :-)
> 
>> Basically, I needed to convert the string into a
>> verb structure. Matthias set me in the right direction with his
>> questions
> 
> Those questions are from the design recipe. Just like last time. One
> day you will follow on your own and you won't need me anymore :-)
> 
>> about a list of all the verbs. I wrote a function, find verb, that
>> takes in
>> a string and a list of verbs. It then searches to see if verb-inf for
>> each
>> of the verbs is equal to the string inputted. When it finds the match,
>> it
>> produces the corresponding verb (struct). I simply applied my
>> conjugation
>> function to the result of searching my big list of verbs (dictionary)
>> for
>> the contents of the infinitive text box.
>> 
>> Now that the GUI itself works, though, I need to figure out why the
>> executable won't work.
>> 
>> I haven't been able to create the executable in Intermediate, so I
>> switched
>> to Pretty Big.
> 
> As I said before, use (module ..) not Pretty Big. -- Matthias
> 
> 
>> The executable is successfully created, but when I double
>> click it to open it, it opens a MrEd Standard Output window and gives
>> me
>> this error message:
>> 
>> cddddr: expects argument of type <cddddrable value>; given
>> ("(module mod-name mzscheme(require(lib
>> \"pconvert.ss\")(lib\"pretty.ss\"))(provide init-code)(d...
>> 
>> [Exited]
>> 
>> This seems to be the last hurdle for me to jump but this sort of error
>> message is way beyond my capabilities to decipher.
>> 
>> -Connor
>> 
>>>> on 5/10/04 8:09 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>> 
>>> What kind of data do you want to convert the string into? A number?
>>> A symbol? I am a bit confused here. A GUI editor (that's what the
>>> box is) must give you the content.
>>> 
>>> Can you send me the error message?
>>> 
>>> -- Matthias
>>> 
>>> P.S. In the meantime, please study " A First Look at GUIs" in HtDP.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On May 10, 2004, at 10:26 PM, Connor Ferguson wrote:
>>> 
>>>>>> on 5/10/04 6:36 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have tested the GUI, it came up with the window (I had modified
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> so that
>>>>>> it had two text fields). When I entered the verb in however, it
>>>>>> gave
>>>>>> me an
>>>>>> error because it recognized the information in the text field as a
>>>>>> string.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What else would you expect? When you type something in a text field,
>>>>> the program receives a string. Actually, the string is in a text t
>>>>> and (text-contents t) extracts the string.
>>>> 
>>>> Alright, so is there a way to convert that string to... "not a
>>>> string"?
>>>> 
>>>> -Connor
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>>> on 5/10/04 6:36 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On May 10, 2004, at 8:10 PM, Connor Ferguson wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> For list-related administrative tasks:
>>>>>> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have tested the GUI, it came up with the window (I had modified
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> so that
>>>>>> it had two text fields). When I entered the verb in however, it
>>>>>> gave
>>>>>> me an
>>>>>> error because it recognized the information in the text field as a
>>>>>> string.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What else would you expect? When you type something in a text field,
>>>>> the program receives a string. Actually, the string is in a text t
>>>>> and (text-contents t) extracts the string.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> My verbs that I have defined as one-word variables that include a
>>>>>> verb
>>>>>> structure with all the conjugations are not strings. They follow
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> pattern
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> (define ser (make-verb "ser" "to be" "soy" "eres" "es" "somos"
>>>>>> "sois"
>>>>>> "son"))
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I tried changing it like so:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> (define "ser" (make-verb "ser" "to be" "soy" "eres" "es" "somos"
>>>>>> "sois"
>>>>>> "son"))
>>>>> 
>>>>> That's like saying "cat" means dog.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My hunch is that you're trying to define a struct with this shape:
>>>>> 
>>>>> (define-struct verb (spanish english case1 case2 ...))
>>>>> 
>>>>> Now you when you get the spanish or english, you want to look up
>>>>> the cases.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Where is your data definition?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you keep around a list of verbs? If so, where is your data
>>>>> definition for your list? Let's call it a dictionary.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you want to look up the verb in the dictionary. What function
>>>>> contract do you use? What's the purpose statement? Where are the
>>>>> examples?
>>>>> 
>>>>> All of the above is independent of the GUI. If you look in the last
>>>>> two
>>>>> parts of HtDP, you will actually see that the GUI that you're trying
>>>>> to
>>>>> build is about 5 lines long. So the above questions are more
>>>>> important.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -- Matthias
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> on 5/9/04 5:03 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On May 9, 2004, at 2:50 PM, Connor Ferguson wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I have already tested my conjugating program extensively in
>>>>>>>> Intermediate and
>>>>>>>> it works.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Did you test the GUI too?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I tried using exactly the same GUI that you sent me but it still
>>>>>>>> didn't work.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Did you test the code that I mailed you in Intermediate?
>>>>>>> Without the header lines and extra ) at the bottom?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I still do think that I'm going to have to use two separate
>>>>>>>> text fields because if it is one text field, it will act like a
>>>>>>>> single
>>>>>>>> argument, right? My program needs two separate arguments.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Yes you will. -- Matthias
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -Connor
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> on 5/8/04 7:59 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Connor, remember the sequence:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 1. Develop in a teaching language (Intermediate is probably
>>>>>>>>> okay).
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 2. Set the teachpack to gui.ss
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 3. Get the program right there.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 4. Then do the rest.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 5. If you don't follow those basic rules, the likelihood that
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> problem is yours is 99.9%.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ;; ---
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If you want to confirm that you can get executables, use the GUI
>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> mailed you and follow the steps. I'd be extremely surprised if
>>>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>>>> don't work. (I will install a 204 if you report otherwise but
>>>>>>>>> that'll
>>>>>>>>> take a while. I will also not be happy if I can't reconstruct
>>>>>>>>> it.)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> If you do two steps at once, you always end up taking four :-)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> -- Matthias
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On May 8, 2004, at 10:48 PM, Connor Ferguson wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Alright, I created the executable and that worked (it showed me
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> icon).
>>>>>>>>>> But when I opened it, it opened a MrEd window entitled Standard
>>>>>>>>>> Output
>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>> gave me this error message
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> cddddr: expects argument of type <cddddrable value>; given
>>>>>>>>>> ("(module
>>>>>>>>>> mod-name mzscheme(require(lib \"pconvert.ss\")(lib
>>>>>>>>>> \"pretty.ss\"))(provide
>>>>>>>>>> init-code)(d...
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> [Exited]
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> The name of the module that I have put in includes spaces. Is
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>> problem? I also changed the GUI so that it has two text boxes,
>>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> subject and one for the verb.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> -Connor
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> on 5/8/04 7:05 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> For list-related administrative tasks:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On May 8, 2004, at 9:30 PM, Connor Ferguson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> For list-related administrative tasks:
>>>>>>>>>>>> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> This sounds great. I think I will need to modify it so that
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> GUI
>>>>>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>>>>>> have two text fields one for the subject and one for the
>>>>>>>>>>>> verb.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> The only thing is, I have defined a verb as a structure and
>>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>>>>>>> defined individual verbs. So my program takes a string and a
>>>>>>>>>>>> verb
>>>>>>>>>>>> (struct)
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (define-struct verb (inf yo tu 3sing nos vos 3plural))
>>>>>>>>>>>> (define ser (make-verb "ser" "soy" "eres" "es" "somos" "sois"
>>>>>>>>>>>> "son"))
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but information placed into a text
>>>>>>>>>>>> field
>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>> GUI
>>>>>>>>>>>> is considered a string. Could I possibly solve this problem
>>>>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>>>>> modifying my
>>>>>>>>>>>> verb definitions as such:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> (define "ser" (make-verb "ser" "soy" "eres" "es" "somos"
>>>>>>>>>>>> "sois"
>>>>>>>>>>>> "son"))
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Nah, remember that (define XYZ ...) introduces a Scheme name
>>>>>>>>>>> (XYZ)
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> stand
>>>>>>>>>>> for some value.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> You may wish to consider a menu instead of a text field for
>>>>>>>>>>> input
>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> just use lists.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, will this executable require DrScheme to be installed
>>>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>> computer
>>>>>>>>>>>> that it is running on and is it universal?
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> You will need DrScheme on other computers just like you need
>>>>>>>>>>> Windows
>>>>>>>>>>> on other computers to run your Windows program and OS X to run
>>>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>>> OS X
>>>>>>>>>>> program and so on. That's what's called an Operating System
>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>> DrScheme
>>>>>>>>>>> is just a very high level operating system.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> -- Matthias
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> P.S. Good luck with your parents.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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