[racket-dev] Module Browser not a plugin/tool

thanks.
http://planet.racket-lang.org/display.ss?package=insert-large-letters.plt&owner=spdegabrielle


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



On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Robby Findler
<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu>wrote:

> I got the attachments, FWIW. Probably best, however, if someone were to
> submit a pull request with the code still in TR and with the appropriate
> removal of the current implementation. Otherwise, I think it has served its
> purpose as a learning experiment and that's seems excellent.
>
> Robby
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Stephen De Gabrielle <
> stephen.degabrielle at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> Ugh - the list scrubbed my attachments.  I'm guessing my options are to
>> submit pull request or make a planet package.
>> s.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Stephen De Gabrielle <
>> stephen.degabrielle at acm.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just tried making a instance of insert-large-letters as a tool. I just
>>> copied the code and added the tools stuff.
>>>
>>> Seemed to work OK, but
>>> - I turned it into normal racket as I didn't have time to learn typed
>>> racket.
>>> - I'm not confident enough with the core of DrRacket to remove the
>>> 'insert-large-letters' code without messing something else up.
>>>
>>> I'm doing this as a learning exercise for the tools, but I may try
>>> get-defns[1] and module browser[2] at some point.
>>>
>>> [1] personally not a big fan of drop down menus - I like the tree thingy
>>> you see in other IDEs
>>> [2] to make Dr start quicker on slow machines.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Stephen
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stephen De Gabrielle <http://www.degabrielle.name/stephen>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Robby Findler <
>>> robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure the module browser was before the plugin api, but probably
>>>> it wasn't. I think all three of those could be tools, but it is an accident
>>>> of history (and of who implemented them...) that they aren't. Probably they
>>>> should be. We might even save some startup time by disabling the module
>>>> browser.
>>>>
>>>> Robby
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Stephen De Gabrielle <
>>>> stephen.degabrielle at acm.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> looking through the source I've noticed the module browser is not a
>>>>> tool, I'm guessing this is because it preceded the introduction of the
>>>>> plugins mechanism?
>>>>>
>>>>> Check Syntax is a tool, but insert-large-letters.rkt and get-defn's
>>>>>  are not?
>>>>>
>>>>> is there a defined criteria? or is the arrangement historic/
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>
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