[racket] Calling ActiveX DLL

2013-12-31 Thread John Sampson
. Can it be done from current versions of Racket? Where might I find instructions that a non-Windows expert might be able to understand? Regards John Sampson Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users

[racket] racketrc.rktl

2013-02-16 Thread John Sampson
Hello - In the documentation, section 14.2.1 on locating paths, a file "racketrc.rktl" is mentioned. I have just installed Racket on Windows 7. Should there be such a file, or is this a file made by various user-initiated procedures? I cannot find it on my system. Regards Jo

[racket] [Racket] Making Racket find files

2013-02-15 Thread John Sampson
ackslashes? How many times do they have to be escaped? Regards John Sampson Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users

[racket] Finding files

2013-02-01 Thread John Sampson
un them as programs or open them as data sources or destinations. Perhaps there is a particular directory where they have to be for Racket to find them, and this can be set as a default in some way (environment variable or whatever). Regards John Sampson On 31/01/2013 22:33, Danny Yoo wrote: There

[racket] Finding files

2013-01-31 Thread John Sampson
On 31/01/2013 21:38, Danny Yoo wrote: [First question ignored for the moment: the second question seems much more relevant to the problem you're encountering.] Also, I am looking at the document 'Systems Programming with Racket'. It has instructions for making a file "serve.rkt", which I have

[racket] [Racket] Finding files

2013-01-31 Thread John Sampson
looking at the document 'Systems Programming with Racket'. It has instructions for making a file "serve.rkt", which I have done, but Racket cannot find it, even if I specify the complete path. I have tried to understand the documentation on folders and files, but I am not succee

[racket] Is the racket home page down for anyone else?

2012-02-14 Thread John Sampson
It has just told me that google.com is down, but it isn't. Regards _John Sampson_ On 13/02/2012 23:13, Neil Van Dyke wrote: BTW, this is useful site to know about: http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users

[racket] Porter stemming algorithm

2012-02-08 Thread John Sampson
Hello - Many thanks for your interest. I have used the version just uploaded to PLaneT and it works. For a Racket ignoramus like me this is a buzz! Many thanks to all. Regards _John Sampson_ On 08/02/2012 18:22, Phil Bewig wrote: If you're looking at the suggested solution, the easiest way

[racket] Porter stemming algorithm

2012-02-05 Thread John Sampson
Hello - see http://programmingpraxis.com/2009/09/08/porter-stemming/ Regards _John Sampson_ On 04/02/2012 21:59, Danny Yoo wrote: Where's the source? On Feb 4, 2012 4:40 PM, "John Sampson" <mailto:jrs@ntlworld.com>> wrote: Hello - I have found code

[racket] Porter stemming algorithm

2012-02-04 Thread John Sampson
Hello - I have found code for a Scheme version of the Porter stemming algorithm. Supposedly it has been tested on PLT Scheme but when loaded into DrRacket there are many unreadable characters and syntax errors. Is there an implemention of the stemmer that really works with Racket? The Porter h

[racket] Newbie question: Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days - macros

2011-03-30 Thread John Sampson
Do you think these give a better explanation of macros? On the whole, I have found Teach Yourself Scheme relatively easy to follow. Regards _John Sampson_ On 30/03/2011 10:44, Pierpaolo Bernardi wrote: On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 11:31, John Sampson wrote: What is the best source for learning

[racket] Newbie question: Teach Yourself Scheme in Fixnum Days - macros

2011-03-30 Thread John Sampson
Hello - I am going through TYSIFD which is said to be compatible with mzScheme. Descriptions of macros seem to be different depending which book one reads. TYSIFD advises the reader to 'require' the defmacro library - '(require (lib "defmacro.rkt"))' when using Racket (I assume) - and gives the

[racket] [Racket] Divascheme with DrScheme and Windows Home Premium

2011-02-09 Thread John Sampson
Hello - Aha! I have done this and DivaScheme is working. Many thanks. I had previously increased the memory limit to 256 MB. Regards _John Sampson_ On 08/02/2011 22:57, Danny Yoo wrote: [snip (To the others on the list: is there a simpler procedure than the one listed below to invoke setup-pl

[racket] [Users] Divascheme

2011-02-08 Thread John Sampson
Hello - I have installed DrRacket on Windows 7 Home Premium and tried to install Divascheme from Planet. I needed to increase the available memory from 128 to 256 Mb, but apart from this the installation went to completion with no error messages. I restarted DrRacket as instructed. I tried the t

Re: [racket] Newbie question - Drscheme hangs on directory-exists?

2010-07-22 Thread John Sampson
xamples? N. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:27 AM, John Sampson wrote: I haven't really found my way round the documentation yet. I find that if I want to look up "directory-exists?" using Google in Mozilla Firefox is the best way. Regards _John Sampson_ __

[racket] Newbie question - Drscheme hangs on directory-exists?

2010-07-22 Thread John Sampson
Hello Many thanks. Perhaps where "directory-exists?" is explained in the documentation, there should also be a pointer to an explanation what to substitute for the place-holder "path" (in italic). This would mention the need to escape the backslash, which to a newbie like myself is not obvious

[racket] Newbie question - Drscheme hangs on directory-exists?

2010-07-21 Thread John Sampson
Hello - If I enter "(directory-exists? "C:\iconsource")" into DrRacket I would expect it to answer with "#t" or "'#f" but in fact the cursor goes to the next line, leaving an indent. I am running this on Windows 7. As a newbie I do not understand this behaviour. Is there a tutorial on file i/o