On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:09 PM, Neil Van Dyke <n...@neilvandyke.org> wrote: > Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 04/26/2014 08:06 PM: > >> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 7:58 PM, Neil Van Dyke <n...@neilvandyke.org> >> wrote: >>> >>> Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote at 04/26/2014 07:26 PM: >>> >>>> On this topic (which is about the "Choose a language" language that >>>> DrRacket starts in when newly installed), I think we should just >>>> delete all of this code, and start in "the Racket language". >>> >>> >>> How about make Run and other very language-specific DrRacket operations >>> require a "#lang" line? >>> >>> When the operation is invoked and there isn't a "#lang" line, pop up an >>> explanatory dialog box that lets user click on button for desired >>> language. >>> Button inserts "#lang" at top of file before continuing with operation. >>> >>> (I like this better than having a default "#lang" line, because you'll >>> get >>> people accepting the wrong default, different people with different >>> defaults, etc.) >> >> This isn't quite about the issue I'm talking about, although I think >> this is a good idea for helping people deal with (some) problems with >> having the wrong language. >> >> What I'm referring to is that when you download DrRacket for the first >> time, and open it, it puts you in a situation where nothing works, >> until you choose a language. I think we should get rid of that, and >> switch to defaulting to the current "Racket language". > > > Yes, but I thought what I described addresses that problem as well. (And > avoids making a new default from the first run, which I think is > problematic.)
I'm confused about what you're suggesting, then. Is there a difference, under your suggestion, between opening DrRacket for the first time, entering `1` in the definitions window, and hitting run, and doing that same thing in an existing DrRacket where we've already selected "the Racket language"? Sam _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
