[plt-scheme] arglist-on-space?

You probably want "#lang scheme" at the top of each file and "(provide
f g h)" for exported functions and "(require "fn.ss")" to load files.

This setup is what works best for PLT Scheme, for a variety of reasons.

Robby

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Lee Spector<lspector at hampshire.edu> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the speedy and helpful responses.
>
> F1, which I didn't know about previously, will help a lot. It doesn't show
> the arglist right in the programming environment, and it only helps for
> built-in definitions, but within these limits it provides pretty quick
> access to the arglist and documentation.
>
> "cmd /" (yes, I'm on a mac) provides symbol completion -- not what I had
> asked about, but also handy.
>
> Getting to definitions from Check Syntax -> control-click -> Jump to
> Definition also seems to be useful, although I'm having a hard time
> experimenting with it at the moment because I haven't yet fully grokked PLT
> namespaces, so my cross-file definitions aren't working as I expect. ("#lang
> scheme/load" makes file loading work in the way that I expect but then Check
> Syntax no longer provides the arrows/menus... I know I need to read about
> namespaces.) In any event I'll keep this in mind as I move forward.
>
> Thanks again, and if anyone knows of a way to get more complete
> arglist-on-space behavior (that is, in the programming environment and for
> all functions) I'd love to hear about it.
>
>  -Lee
>
> PS Mike: glad to hear you've seen the GP stuff, some of which will
> inevitably migrate to Scheme as I spend more time writing Scheme code...
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 8:50 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
>
>> For the arguments, DrScheme doesn't really do that (altho, as always,
>> patches are welcome), but th next best thing is to hit f1. That'll
>> send you to the docs, searching for whatever is around the insertion
>> point in the editor.
>>
>> For the other, you have to run check syntax first and then you can
>> jump directly to the definition of any function (no matter where it is
>> defined-- check syntax re-uses the compiler to get its lexical
>> information so you can be sure you're jumping precisely).
>>
>> Robby
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Lee Spector<lspector at hampshire.edu>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is there any way to get "arglist-on-space" behavior in DrScheme or any
>>> editor working with PLT scheme? What I mean by this is that when you type
>>> the name of a function and then a space the argument list for the
>>> function
>>> appears in a mini-buffer (or anywhere -- I just want to see it). I'd be
>>> happy to have this functionality either in an editor (e.g. the DrScheme
>>> definitions pane) or listener (e.g. the DrScheme interactions pane) or
>>> both.
>>>
>>> I am a DrScheme/PLT newbie, adopting it for a course I'm teaching in the
>>> fall, but I'm a long-time Common Lisper and this is one of things I miss
>>> most from my favorite CL environments. Next on my list would be a way to
>>> get
>>> from a function name to the definition of the function with a couple of
>>> key
>>> strokes, rather than searching in files. Both of these things require the
>>> runtime environment to keep information around that maybe PLT isn't
>>> keeping
>>> around... but I don't know.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>  -Lee
>>>
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> --
> Lee Spector, Professor of Computer Science
> School of Cognitive Science, Hampshire College
> 893 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002-3359
> lspector at hampshire.edu, http://hampshire.edu/lspector/
> Phone: 413-559-5352, Fax: 413-559-5438
>
> Check out Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines:
> http://www.springer.com/10710 - http://gpemjournal.blogspot.com/
>
>