Here's how to install Racket and have a cloned version of DrRacket that you can play with:
> git clone git://github.com/racket/racket > cd racket > make # this will build racket, install all the standard packages, and compile > them > mkdir extra-pkgs # this directory is listed in .gitignore for this purpose > cd extra-pkgs > raco pkg update --clone drracket # clone the drracket repo and point raco pkg > at the clone Sam On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Steve Beisner <[email protected]> wrote: > (Posted here because the group description says for those "interested in the > implementation of Racket.") > > This is probably obvious to experienced Racket programmers... but I'm new to > both Racket and > its code base, and studying the DrRocket IDE application looks like it might > be good path to mastering > both. (I ultimately want to rewrite an existing GUI-intensive web app in > another language as a Racket > desktop application.) > > The DrRacket IDE looks like a nice, not-too-complex example of racket GUI > programming. > Can someone point me to or provide information on setting up the DrRacket > repository > (https://github.com/racket/drracket) as a DrRacket project for study / > modification / building? > > How to get the github repository in my local DrRocket IDE for study / > modification? > How to build? > > I'm guessing the answer may be somewhere in the voluminous Racket docs... > pointer? > > Thanks for your help. > > SteveB > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/9c4c88c8-60f6-4b42-8ac0-9a22e0600f41%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-dev/CAK%3DHD%2BY8wOpRyxCTU0aYsSiyMSf%2B6hNQ9hXxAjZty8JomsNaEg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
