[racket] Extending DrRacket with non-text tabs

We'd really like to encourage moving packages from PLaneT to the new
package system. At the moment, we don't have plans for adding PLaneT
support to the package-build service.

At Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:35:50 +0400, Dmitry Pavlov wrote:
> Matthew,
> 
> OK, got it.
> 
> What would you advise -- to ask the developer of table-panel to transfer
> it to pkgs.racket-lang.org (so that spradsheet-editor could access it),
> or to wait until pkgs.racket-lang.org supports PLaneT packages?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Dmitry
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/28/2014 07:22 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> > The package-build service does not currently support access to PLaneT
> > packages.
> >
> > You can find more information about the package-build service here:
> >
> >   http://pkg-build.racket-lang.org/about.html
> >
> > (That page was intended to be linked from the main packages page, but
> > we haven't gotten there, yet.)
> >
> >
> > At Fri, 28 Nov 2014 19:08:31 +0400, Dmitry Pavlov wrote:
> >> Robby,
> >>
> >> Thank you very much, I am happy now with editor running within DrRacket.
> >>
> >> By the way, I have made a package, not with the full editor
> >> itself (it is specific to my project), but with the base GUI class
> >> (customizable).
> >>
> >> I have registered the package on pkgs.racket-lang.org under the name
> >> spreadsheet-editor. It fails to build, and here is what I am seeing:
> >>
> >> http://pkg-build.racket-lang.org/server/built/fail/spreadsheet-editor.txt
> >>
> >> require: PLaneT could not download the package "williams/table-panel:1":
> >> tcp-connect: connection failed
> >>     detail: host not found
> >>     address: planet.racket-lang.org
> >>     port number: 80
> >>     step: 1
> >>     system error: Name or service not known; errno=-2
> >>     in: (planet williams/table-panel:1:2/table-panel)
> >>
> >> At the same time, it all works fine on my system. Do you have an idea
> >> how can it be fixed?
> >>
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Dmitry
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/14/2014 05:44 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 5:36 AM, Dmitry Pavlov <dpavlov at ipa.nw.ru> wrote:
> >>>> Robby,
> >>>>
> >>>>> Sorry for the long delay in replying.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Never mind---I have been distracted by other things recently, and
> >>>> now I am back to work on this, so your reply is in fact just in time,
> >>>> thanks :)
> >>>>
> >>>>> You should be able to use handler:insert-format-handler to open your
> >>>>> frame when a file with your extension is opened via the open dialog.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Good, insert-format-handler will suffice my needs I think.
> >>>> Dumb question follows: what is the best place to call
> >>>> insert-format-handler from?
> >>>>
> >>>> To be more specific about my goals:
> >>>> I have a Racket installation, and I would like to have this
> >>>> format handler registered by the moment a user starts DrRacket
> >>>> and opens some file in it.
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried and hijacked
> >>>> /opt/racket/share/pkgs/drracket/drracket/private/main.rkt
> >>>> to insert my (handler:insert-format-handler) to it, but
> >>>> this surely does not seem to be a good solution.
> >>>>
> >>>> My spreadsheet-editing module is currently in a collection
> >>>> that is "raco link"-ed to the Racket installation. Is there
> >>>> a way to call (handler:insert-format-handler) from a collection
> >>>> module before the collection is (require)-d? Or can I form
> >>>> a package from my collection and use some package mechanism
> >>>> for that?
> >>>
> >>> Yes. See: http://docs.racket-lang.org/tools/implementing-tools.html
> >>>
> >>> You probably want to call it just from the top-level of your unit (not
> >>> from phase1 or phase2).
> >>>
> >>>> Also, a related question: what would you recommend for
> >>>> adding a certain file type to the DrRacket's file->open
> >>>> dialog, where currently are "Racket Sources" and "Any"?
> >>>
> >>> I think you should call finder:default-filters (using the old value to
> >>> construct a new value).
> >>>
> >>> Robby
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