[plt-scheme] Interacting w/ MzScheme

This has nothing to do with flamewar. Tell us and we will listen. If it 
is a flame, we will tune out the heat and find the part that matters. 
-- Matthias


On Dec 9, 2004, at 7:54 PM, Pinku Surana wrote:

>   For list-related administrative tasks:
>   http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>
> If you're referring to Quack, I'm using it now but it doesn't do much
> AFAIK. Google found a defunct mzscheme-ilisp, but nothing else.
>
> No one want an IDE flame war. Since I'm muddling by with DrScheme now,
> maybe I'll send in a newbie's half-assed opinion later.
>
> Do most people use DrScheme, not MzScheme, for development? If you've
> convinced other Emacs zealots to change, then I'll give it another
> weekend before I give up. ;-)
>
> Pinku
>
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:39:14 -0500, Matthias Felleisen
> <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2004, at 4:05 PM, Pinku Surana wrote:
>>
>>>   For list-related administrative tasks:
>>>   http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>>>
>>> I'm attempting to move from Scheme48 to MzScheme and had a few simple
>>> questions. Primarily, can I do everything DrScheme does with MzScheme
>>> instead? Using the DrScheme environment is a deal-breaker for me.
>>
>> Why? We want to make sure that people are happy with DrScheme as an
>> environment and, as a person who is on record as saying "I do
>> everything with emacs except eat", I must say that I much prefer
>> DrScheme over Emacs these days. I do occasionally switch to Emacs to 
>> do
>> things quickly, in the same way I switch to vi for text things when
>> Emacs would be a pain.
>>
>> There is a MrEd mode for Emacs around and perhaps it makes you happy.
>> But programming with modules in DrScheme is a charm!
>>
>> -- Matthias
>>
>>
>>
>>> - How do I load DrScheme's module language into mzscheme? Also, how 
>>> do
>>> I turn on case-sensitivity?
>>>
>>> - How do I enter a module from within the REPL to interact with it? 
>>> In
>>> s48 it's ",in module".
>>>
>>> - Conversely, if I'm in a module, how do I go back to the top REPL? 
>>> In
>>> s48 it's ",user".
>>>
>>> - How do I reload a module after editing it? Calling "require" again
>>> doesn't appear to reload it.
>>>
>>> - In the REPL, how can I access the previous output? In s48 it's ##.
>>>
>>> - When I've created a unit, how do I use it within the REPL? It
>>> doesn't like ^ in a name (signature^).
>>>
>>> - Does mzscheme support interactive debugging? Inspecting data
>>> structures?
>>>
>>> Finally, if these are answered in a doc I missed somewhere, please
>>> point me to it.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>>
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