> Maybe DrRacket should let you configure environment variables for a program in the same way that it lets you provide command-line arguments
Yes. Please. Although just like command line arguments I could see this being a thing I want to change on a per-program basis, so I guess that's a point against it. :/ ~Leif Andersen On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote: > At Wed, 8 Nov 2017 10:55:13 -0800, Matthew Butterick wrote: >> >> > On Nov 8, 2017, at 9:17 AM, Matthew Flatt <mfl...@cs.utah.edu> wrote: >> > >> > DrRacket tries not to interfere with programs in a detectable way. >> >> Hmm ... so if DrRacket adopts a different set of environment variables from >> command-line `racket` — which I assume is the correct and just policy — isn't >> that naturally going to lead to detectable differences, for a program that >> depends on those variables? > > As others have said, both `racket` and `DrRacket` just accept the > environment variables that the environment gives them, and Finder and > bash set up different environments. > >> > Is there something more general that you want to test for DrRacket --- >> > some effect on the execution environment that might be due to DrRacket >> > or some other tool/configuration? If so, it could make sense to set up >> > some way of communicating that to a program. >> >> In this case I was trying to configure a web servlet to run in differently >> when launched from DrRacket (in terms of its port and servlet-path) to better >> approximate Apache / htaccess conditions that exist on the live web server. > > I wonder whether a submodule is a better approach here. DrRacket > implicitly runs a `test` submodule, while `racket` doesn't, and you > could add more submodules to the list in DrRacket. But that approach > doesn't work if the conditional adjustment goes in a library, instead > of the main module. > > Maybe DrRacket should let you configure environment variables for a > program in the same way that it lets you provide command-line > arguments, and maybe it does make sense to have a default environment > variable that means "running in development mode". > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
