On Jan 20, 2012, at 8:48 AM, Eli Barzilay wrote: > Yesterday, John Clements wrote: >> Scribble tipped the balance for me; I now find myself using DrRacket >> to edit text files. >> >> As part of a quest for world domina^H^H^H^H^H^Hcompatibility, I'd >> like to add either >> >> #lang text >> >> or >> >> #lang none >> >> which could begin a text file and indicate that no highlighting >> should be done, and that evaluation should be a no-op. > > 1. If the point is only about using DrRacket for editing text files, > then I don't think that a #lang is the right place for that. > Instead, it's much better to use the file suffix (and yes, editing > modes for unsaved files -- if that's hard to use then it's the UI > that should change). > > 2. For nearly plain text files, you have `scribble/text'. That still > has the "@" escapes, but I could make an option to the language > that would use a "customized delimited" by default, so that only > "|@" is the delimiter, or more stuff between them. > > (To make it go in-line with `at-exp' such an extention could be > some prefix too (though I personally dislike the semi-convention of > using prefixes for setting reader options).)
I think you're missing the "manifest destiny" I'm proposing; in particular, I'm thinking about push the #lang syntax outward into the world, so that people think, "hey; it makes sense that every text-like file should begin with a line stating what language it's written in." You may argue that it'll never catch on, and you might be right. I don't mind tilting at windmills when it doesn't cost me too much, though. John
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