[plt-scheme] PLT Scheme 4.0 and GNU Emacs 22.2.1 on Windows woes

From: Jeff Dik (s450r1 at gmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 1 15:05:40 EDT 2008

Matthew,

Thanks for the fast reply.  I downloaded 4.2.0.6 and can confirm that
it doesn't have this problem.  I'll have to remember to try the
nightly builds next time!

Thanks again,
Jeff

On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> wrote:
> I think this is fixed for the next release and in the nightly builds
> (as of July 6 or so, which would be version 4.0.2.<something>).
>
> Matthew
>
> At Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:17:07 -0400, "Jeff Dik" wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to use PLT Scheme 4.0 in GNU Emacs 22.2.1 on Windows with
>> the excellent Quack mode.  The inferior scheme mode is not showing any
>> errors until the mzscheme proces is closed.  Here's a short example:
>>
>>     Welcome to MzScheme v4.0.2 [3m], Copyright (c) 2004-2008 PLT Scheme Inc.
>>     > (+ 1 "3")
>>     > (foo bar baz)
>>     > (exit)
>>     +: expects type <number> as 2nd argument, given: "3"; other
>> arguments were: 1
>>
>>      === context ===
>>     d:\sw\PLT\collects\scheme\private\misc.ss:68:7
>>
>>     reference to undefined identifier: foo
>>
>>      === context ===
>>     d:\sw\PLT\collects\scheme\private\misc.ss:68:7
>>
>>
>>     Process scheme finished
>>
>> The errors do not appear until I run "(exit)".  This problem also
>> appears if I run mzscheme in the eshell.
>>
>> Emacs does not have this problem with PLT Scheme v371.  The problem
>> appears with PLT Scheme 3.99.0.25, 4.0, and 4.0.2 (these are the
>> versions I tested).
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to correct the problem would be greatly appreciated :-)
>>
>> Thanks to all the PLT people for this wonderful Scheme implementation.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jeff
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