[plt-scheme] bugs in installing Typed Scheme with DrScheme v372 already installed on Windows XP Pro

Typed Scheme is distributed with version 4.  You don't need the Planet
package to use it.  Just

(require typed-scheme)

will work, or

#lang typed-scheme

at the beginning of a module.

sam th

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 1:20 AM, Benjamin L. Russell
<dekudekuplex at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I would like to preserve my current installation of DrScheme, v372, English, and install v4.0 into a different directory in order to use Typed Scheme.
>
> Currently, I have v372 installed on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (at work) at C:\bin\plt\.  I would rather not delete this installation, and just install DrScheme v4.0 into a different directory.
>
> However, when I tried installing v4.0 into C:\bin\plt-4.0\, I could not find Typed Scheme as a language level in the "Choose Language" dialog found in the "Language" menu of DrScheme.  Trying to install it with the following command (from "Typed Scheme" at http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/samth/typed-scheme/) at the DrScheme command prompt only resulted in DrScheme complaining of trying to overwrite the existing Typed Scheme installation:
>
>  > (require (planet "typed-scheme.ss" ("plt" "typed-scheme.plt" 3)))
>
> After uninstalling DrScheme 4.0 and reinstalling it, trying to run the following alternative command from the Typed Scheme manual (http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/samth/typed-scheme/manual/)
>
>  > (require (planet "typed-scheme.ss" ("plt" "typed-scheme.plt" 2)))
>
> caused DrScheme to complain of being unable to find the package at PLaneT.
>
> What should I do to use Typed Scheme in DrScheme 4.0 with v372 already installed (without uninstalling v372)?
>
> Benjamin L. Russell
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sam th
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