[plt-scheme] PLT Scheme v4.2.2

I've installed 4.2.2 on Mac OSX Snow Leopard 10.6 and it seems to work
fine, but I noticed today that the Help -> Help Desk menu item takes
me to the PLT web site rather than a local copy as previous versions
did.  How can I make sure all the documentation is installed and
accessed locally?

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> PLT Scheme version 4.2.2 is now available from
>
>  http://plt-scheme.org/
>
> * DrScheme now, by default, compiles all of the files that are
>  loaded when it runs a program and saves the compiled files in the
>  filesystem.  This should lead to faster load times (not faster
>  runtimes) since it avoids re-compiling files whose dependencies
>  have not changed.
>
> * New Scribble libraries and documentation make it easier to get
>  started with Scribble, especially for uses other than PLT
>  documentation.  DrScheme now has better indentation and syntax
>  coloring support for Scribble languages (and generally all @-exp
>  based languages).
>
> * The new `syntax/keyword' library provides support for macros with
>  keyword options.  A new quick start guide has been added to the
>  documentation for the `syntax/parse' library.
>
> * Added support for abstract contracts via the #:exists keywords.
>  This is an experiment to add support for data hiding to the
>  contract system.
>
> * Added `in-producer': a sequence expression makes it easy to
>  iterate over producer functions (e.g., `read').  A new
>  `scheme/generator' library creates generators that can use a
>  (parameterized) yield function.
>
> * HtDP langs: several primitives now consume 0 and 1 arguments in
>  ISL (and up), including `append', `+' and `*'.  In addition,
>  `make-list' was added to the primitives.
>
> * The API to Universe has a number of new constructs.  All Universe
>  programs should run unchanged.  The most important change is the
>  addition of `animate' as an alternative name for `run-simulation'.
>  In addition, adding the clause `(state true)' to a world
>  description now pretty-prints the state of the world into a
>  separate canvas.
>
> * A number of changes were made to the DeinProgramm / DMdA language
>  levels: The `check-property' and `contract' forms were added,
>  `define-record-procedures-parametric' has changed.  See the
>  documentation for details.
>
> * The test engine in the HtDP languages no longer warns programmers
>  when the Definitions window has no tests.
>
> * ProfessorJ (and related code) is no longer included in the PLT
>  distributions.  It may re-appear in the future as a PLaneT package.
>
> [Note that mirror sites can take a while to catch up with the new
> downloads.]
>
> Feedback Welcome,
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