On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:35 PM, pmbauer <paul.michael.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > The official way to get started has way too many sharp edges > (Download JDK, install, set JAVA_HOME, add JAVA_HOME/bin to path, download > clojure.zip, extract, sacrifice chicken, run java -cp clojure.jar > clojure.main) ... at which point you get a kinda crappy REPL. Oops. > > Compare to (on linux): > sudo apt-get install groovy; groovysh # even installs openjdk if needed
The recommended way definitely should be one of the painless installs. This works: * Download NetBeans, configuring on the NB homepage for J2SE, and run installer. * Run it and browse for plugins; find and install Enclojure. * Restart NB and voila! So does this: * Download Eclipse J2SE. * Run it and browse for plugins (Eclipse Marketplace); find and install CCW. * Restart Eclipse, reset perspective, and voila! (Warning, that second to last item is non-obvious, and the symptoms of not doing it are also not obvious to diagnose.) Both result in much nicer REPLs; but also the baggage of having to create a project and start the REPL in that context. But then, they'll also help you manage your .clj files. -- Protege: What is this seething mass of parentheses?! Master: Your father's Lisp REPL. This is the language of a true hacker. Not as clumsy or random as C++; a language for a more civilized age. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
