Wow, that is even better than that! Digging a bit further, it uses the framework/splash module, which does everything I wanted (and more), even with the gauge that progresses automatically, and it works like a charm out of the box! Awesome. And it is so simple to use: <<< #lang racket/base (require racket/runtime-path (for-syntax racket/base) ; for build-path for runtime-path framework/splash ) (define-runtime-path splash-path (build-path "img" "splash.png")) (start-splash splash-path "My Project" 200) ; frame name, default width (dynamic-require "my-project.rkt" #f) (shutdown-splash) (close-splash) >>> (no need for runtime-path if the application is not intended for distribution) Maybe this could be documented? <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 14:16, Robby Findler <<a href="mailto:robby@eecs.northwestern.edu">robby@eecs.northwestern.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> collects/drracket/drracket.rkt does something similar to set up compilation handlers and (optionally) a profiler that I use for performance debugging, and then it loads drracket/private/drracket-normal.rkt which does the splash screen bit. Robby <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 7:11 AM, Laurent <<a href="mailto:laurent.orseau@gmail.com">laurent.orseau@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Excellent! Thanks a lot! > By any chance, do you remember the name of the file that does that? > (Don't take more than 10s for this question, it's not worth it.) > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 14:00, Robby Findler <<a href="mailto:robby@eecs.northwestern.edu">robby@eecs.northwestern.edu</a>> > wrote: >> >> A minimal amount of stuff is loaded (roughly what is loaded when >> gracket itself starts up) and then the splash screen is opened and the >> rest of drracket is loaded via a dynamic-require. Also, progress on >> the splash screen's gauge% is made each time a file is loaded, which >> is monitored by the load-handler. >> >> Robby >> >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:56 AM, Laurent <<a href="mailto:laurent.orseau@gmail.com">laurent.orseau@gmail.com</a>> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > Is it possible to have a splash screen displayed while loading a GRacket >> > program? >> > Much like DrRacket's in fact. >> > Because for some projects, it can take several seconds to initialize >> > everything. >> > I tried to open up a frame at the very beginning of the code, but it >> > only >> > shows up >> > after everything is loaded too. >> > >> > How is DrRacket splash screen shown up so early, while DrRacket is >> > loading? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Laurent >> > >> > _________________________________________________ >> > For list-related administrative tasks: >> > <a href="http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users" target="_blank">http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users</a> >> > > > </div></div></blockquote></div>