[plt-scheme] In-line LaTeX in REPL

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Thu Dec 4 17:19:24 EST 2008

On Dec  4, Jens Axel Soegaard wrote:
> And the I run them I get nice formulas in the REPL.
> 
> But! If I enter the following in the REPL
> 
>   (let ([self @str{\lambda x . x x}])
>     @latex{(@self) (@self)})
> 
> I get the following error from the reader:
> 
>     read: illegal use of `.'
> 
> Should the REPL of the module language use the reader
> specified in the source file?

Yes, the repl currently just reads plain s-expressions (both drscheme
and mzscheme).  The basic functionality to make it use the properties
of the language are there, but someone (*cough*) needs to use it and
implement a layer that will provide these properties.

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