[plt-scheme] avoiding scrolling when using "stop" button in DrScheme

From: Lee Spector (lspector at hampshire.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 21 16:51:11 EST 2010

Wonderful. Thanks. -Lee

On Jan 21, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Robby Findler wrote:

> Right, sorry. I meant menu item.
> 
> FWIW, the break button triggers the raising of an exception, which is
> why the cursor moves--- you're seeing the highlighting corresponding
> to an exception being raised, just like when you misapply a primitive.
> Kill, on the other hand, just terminates the program and doesn't have
> a source location since there is no exception.
> 
> Robby
> 
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Lee Spector <lspector at hampshire.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Ah -- thanks. I don't see a kill button per se, but command-k does what I want and I had never noticed that before (in the Scheme menu).
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>>  -Lee
>> 
>> On Jan 21, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
>> 
>>> You could try the kill button.
>>> 
>>> Robby
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Lee Spector <lspector at hampshire.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Does anyone know if there is (or could be) a way to make DrScheme NOT scroll the Definitions window when the Stop button is pressed? I often edit, run, stop, re-edit in the same place, and I always have to re-find the part of the file I was editing. I noticed that this behavior changed when I was running the profiler, but I'd like to be able to turn it off at other times.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>>  -Lee
>>>> 
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>>>> Lee Spector, Professor of Computer Science
>>>> School of Cognitive Science, Hampshire College
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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/
>> 
>> 

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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:
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