[racket] developing tools

From: Stephen De Gabrielle (stephen.degabrielle at acm.org)
Date: Sat Aug 31 15:57:14 EDT 2013

Thanks Laurent & Jens,

Much appreciated.

Stephen


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Stephen De Gabrielle <http://www.degabrielle.name/stephen>



On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 5:09 PM, Jens Axel Søgaard <jensaxel at soegaard.net>wrote:

> When writing code that require DrRacket to restart I usually open two
> DrRackets. In one instance of DrRacket I write the code - this is usually
> in an old version. In the other I test the code. This way I don't need to
> reopen the source file after each restart.
>
> Another tip: To make DrRacket restart faster remove all tools you don't
> need. DrRacket actually start very faster with no tools.
>
>
>
> 2013/8/31 Stephen De Gabrielle <stephen.degabrielle at acm.org>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm starting to fiddle with DrRacket plugin ideas (again), and I was
>> wondering if any tool developers can share their processes for developing
>> tools,
>>
>> What I used to do was dump my tool in a collects directory and run 'raco
>> -L toolname', followed by restarting-the-Doctor. If it failed I would
>> remove the tool from /collects/ and restart again.
>>
>> This is a bit frustrating as it can be quite time consuming, and I
>> disable as many tools as possible to make restarts quicker.
>>
>> Is there a better way to develop plugins?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Stephen
>>
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