Hi Eli, On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 19:51, Eli Barzilay <e...@barzilay.org> wrote:
> > There is no need to use readline on Windows, since cmd does its own > thing anyway. > What if using Git Bash instead of plain cmd? > > > Should I expect XREPL to work normally under Windows? > > It should not try to load readline... > > > Every time I run "racket -il xrepl" or "racket -il readline" Racket > > crashes (showing a Windows dialog). > > ...but it looks like it does try to load it for you. Did you play > with the TERM environment variable by any chance? > I don't have a TERM variable set, but I do have MINGW (Git Bash) installed. "racket -il xrepl" crashes both when run from plain CMD and from Git bash. > > > > If I try to run ,install! (before crashing) I get: > > -> ,install! > > file-size: file not found: "C:\Users\Rodolfo\racketrc.rktl" > > That looks like a bug, where the code assumes that the racketrc file > exists. I'll look at it. > Oh, so talking about bugs, I noticed that after running "racket -il xrepl" the next/first character that I type in the REPL is ignored. For example, if I want to type ',install!' I have to type 'x,install!' (replace x by any key). > > > > Any pointers on what could be wrong, or how could I examine why it > > is crashing? (I suppose something to do with the GNU readline > > dll...) > > (Yeah, but like I said I have no experience with trying to get > anything out of readline on windows. (At least not outside of a > cygwin terminal.)) > > Ok, so maybe I can try removing GNU readline...
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