Re: Getting started with Scheme

[Ralf Mattes]

First off: I'm not a windows user (if I can avoid it) but I would strongly 
suggest to use a real
terminal and _not_ cmd. The one from the Windows store is actually pretty good 
(esp. when
compared to cmd). You can either download it for free from the app store or 
from github
(https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/releases) - yes, that's right. Microsft 
software
as an open-source download from github :-)

 Cheers, RalfD

Am Samstag, 23. Mai 2020 12:37 CEST, Kevin Barry <address@hidden> schrieb:

> Hi Paul,
>
> I'm sorry you haven't had the best experience with the scheme sandbox.
> Since development of LilyPond mostly takes place on Linux it's possible
> that Windows-related documentation can be neglected...
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 10:51:58AM +0100, Paul McKay wrote:
> > I have Frescobaldi 3.1.2 as well (in case that’s relevant).
>
> Well... yes you can use Frescobaldi/LilyPond as a sort of Guile IDE if
> you want.  If you put a \version statement at the top of the file and
> start each scheme expression with a '#' then it should work.
>
> > When the documentation refers to ‘opening a terminal window’ I assume this
> > means a command prompt of some kind. (If so, it would be good to use this
> > terminology. Not many of us remember the VT52 emulators.)
>
> On Linux and MacOS systems the relevant apps are all still named some
> variation of terminal (terminal, gnome-terminal, terminal.app, iterm,
> terminator - you get the picture). I'll see about adding a clarification
> for Windows users to refer them to cmd.
>
> > My copy of windows doesn’t have a *Start* menu: so that’s another
> > instruction that is meaningless.
>
> OK. Is there a common way to accomplish the old Start -> Run -> type in
> the name of a program?
>
> > At which point I’m presented with an unresponsive terminal. I exit via
> > Ctrl-C.
>
> If there is another Windows user on the list who has this working
> hopefully they can chime in and we can update the documentation as
> necessary.
>
> > I would be grateful for any help to get this going: or a redirection
> > to a better environment. Is there a Scheme IDE? I’ve never seen
> > anything like a comment in Scheme code. I wonder is it a write-only
> > language, the way APL was.
>
> I don't know about Scheme IDEs. An internet search suggests DrScheme
> might be suitable, but I think most people on this list use their
> LilyPond environment for working with scheme.
>
> What happens if you try running the guile program on its own (not via
> lilypond scheme-sandbox)?
>
> Kevin
>



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Ralf Mattes

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