[plt-scheme] .DrScheme?

Plugins are executed when drscheme starts up (and can install code
that gets executed at lots of different times).

I only said that because I understood you wanted to add keybindings to
DrScheme. Adding keybindigns to drscheme is much easier via the
earlier method.

Robby

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Hugh Myers<hsmyers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Then I'm confused since you just said that a plugin wasn't what I
> wanted. It occurs to me to ask if plugins are executed (or could be)
> when DrScheme loads. If not then this is no better a solution than
> using the menu...
>
> --hsm
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Robby
> Findler<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>> Plugins can read files, parse streams, and build whatever you write
>> code to build.
>>
>> Robby
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Hugh Myers<hsmyers at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So a plugin can't read a file parse it and build the necessary code to
>>> add keystrokes?
>>>
>>> --hsm
>>> p.s. Already looked at docs on building shortcuts which is what lead
>>> to this conversation
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Robby
>>> Findler<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>> Hugh,
>>>>
>>>>  The plugin support is not what you want for adding keybindings. If
>>>> you want to add keybindings, please read section 3.3.8 in the DrScheme
>>>> manual. This page is available in your local installation and also
>>>> here:
>>>>
>>>>  http://docs.plt-scheme.org/drscheme/Keyboard_Shortcuts.html#(part._defining-shortcuts)
>>>>
>>>> Good luck,
>>>> Robby
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Hugh Myers<hsmyers at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Plugin suggests that it is possible (if not easy the first
>>>>> time[learning and all that...]) if not as easy as it could be. I
>>>>> wonder if the plugin could read the dot file and add keybindings
>>>>> accordingly?
>>>>>
>>>>> --hsm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Robby
>>>>> Findler<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> Sorry, I was unclear: you can set keybindings fairly
>>>>>> straightforwardly, but there is no ".drschemerc" (in its place is a
>>>>>> much more complex protocol for building plugins).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robby
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Hugh Myers<hsmyers at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> The docs don't speak to automatically loading a file. I can do so
>>>>>>> through a menu option, but nothing I could see suggests an autoload
>>>>>>> feature. What did I miss?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --hsm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Robby
>>>>>>> Findler<robby at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Yes. Search in Help Desk for "keybindings".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Hugh Myers<hsmyers at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Is is possible to have a key-bindings file loaded auto-magically?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --hsm
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