Re: shell script to start guile w/ repl

[Neil Jerram]

On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 01:22, Matt Wette <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to generate a shell script that sets up environment for guile and
> then executes a guile repl.  I can do that.  It is here:
>
>    #!/bin/sh
>
>    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/path/to/my/lib
>    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
>
>    exec guile -ds $0 $@
>    !#
>
>    ;; ... stuff ...
>
>    (use-modules (ice-9 top-repl))
>    (top-repl)
>
>
> Now I would like to have the top-repl use an alternate language.
> How do I do that?  I tried
>
>    (*current-language* (lookup-language 'nx-tcl))
>    (top-repl)
>
> But this fails.  Any hints?

Just guessing, but perhaps:

(fluid-set! *current-language* 'nx-tcl)

or

(fluid-set! *current-language* (lookup-language 'nx-tcl))

?

    Neil