[racket] Help On User Libraries - The Basics

From: Eli Barzilay (eli at barzilay.org)
Date: Mon Aug 22 09:20:46 EDT 2011

Yesterday, Ray Racine wrote:
> >
> > If you're working on a shell it would be better to use readline --
> > but since you're using the git head, it's even better to use the
> > new `xrepl'.  Just add (require xrepl) to your ~/.racketrc, and
> > you'll get readline and an additional bunch of tools for REPL-use.
> 
> Ok xrepl is very very cool.  You had me when a started the repl,
> typed help and the browser popped.  Seeing ,apropos and ,doc near
> brought me to tears.

Actually, xrepl adds the ,comma commands -- just entering "help" is
part of the default Racket REPL.  (And xrepl's ,doc is basically using
that.)

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