[plt-scheme] SLaTeX: getting it to work

I once tried to construct such a line, even based on studying the
SLaTeX source...and failed.

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote:
> There aren't supposed to be any of those. :)
>
> But I think a very long line will do it.
>
> Robby
>
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Shriram Krishnamurthi <sk at cs.brown.edu> wrote:
>> Huh.  You did configure your file system to give Dorai Sitaram
>> write-access too, right?  Because every running copy of SLaTeX has a
>> bit of Dorai's soul embedded in it. (-:
>>
>> I am still not sure that SLaTeX is actually processing the file at
>> all.  I'm trying to think of some kind of \scheme{...} or
>> schemedisplay that one could write that would actually generate a
>> run-time error from SLaTeX.   Having just woken up, nothing pops into
>> my head (-:.  Anyone?  Note that the error must be from SLaTeX, not
>> from the LaTeX (ie, from the code generated by SLaTeX) -- the latter
>> is easy.
>>
>> Shriram
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:41 AM, Bas Steunebrink <bass at cs.uu.nl> wrote:
>>> That's a good point, Shriram; one that I had already run into. But LaTeX had
>>> already complained that it couldn't create a "quick.log" in the PLT
>>> directory to save the fact that it couldn't find the .Z files. So I tried
>>> again with administrator priviliges; this time LaTeX had not trouble
>>> creating log files but still SLaTeX generated no .Z files.
>>>
>>> Bas
>>>
>>> PS: I just noticed your name shows up in the acknowledgments of at least 4
>>> of my Scheme books here (Little/Seasoned/Reasoned Schemer, EOPL), nice! :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Shriram Krishnamurthi schreef:
>>>>
>>>> PS: The problem here has nothing to do (afaict) with MikTeX vs other
>>>> TeX installations.  When run, the SLaTeX code seems to begin running
>>>> and then stop running, but in-between it doesn't seem to be spitting
>>>> out the .Z files.  So, later, the LaTeX package appears to load
>>>> slatex.sty correctly and looks for the .Z files and doesn't find them,
>>>> and blows up.  The absence of the dots, to my mind, is the key, and
>>>> that appears to be completely independent of the TeX installation.
>>>>
>>>> Bas, is it just possible that you somehow don't have write access in
>>>> the directory you're trying to write in?  Have you tried it from your
>>>> My Documents or some other such place, instead of within the PLT
>>>> installation directory?
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Bas Steunebrink <bass at cs.uu.nl> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, same problem:
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone successfully used sLaTeX with the Windows MiKTex LaTeX system?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bas, perhaps it would work correctly using cygwin's LaTeX? (totally
>>>>> guessing)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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