p.s. In that case, just read and strip the first three lines. See 'load'.
On Aug 31, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Ryan Golbeck wrote: > I'm modifying the handin-server collection to include an option where > our students can retrieve "starter" files for assignments and labs. > Since these files will be saved on the server directly from DrRacket, > rather than through the handin infrastructure, the files include these > three lines of meta data. > > I was hoping to use pretty much the same infrastructure already > provided in the handin-server and client to transmit the files, so I > was trying to massage the starter files into the same format that the > client already expects when it retrieves a submitted assignment. So, > I'm running into the problem that these first three lines are in files > saved by DrRacket, but not in files that the handin-server saves for a > submitted assignment. > > So I don't specifically have to read it into a text% object. But I'm > not sure the best way to handle them. > > Thanks for the help! > -ryan > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Robby Findler > <[email protected]> wrote: >> You have to specially remove those lines yourself in that case. >> >> But if you say a little more about why you want to read something into >> a text% object, I may give a different answer (it isn't clear what you >> want to do with this stuff). >> >> Robby >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Ryan Golbeck <[email protected]> wrote: >>> What's the proper way to read a file produced by DrRacket into a text% >>> object? >>> >>> Using load-file produces problems when DrRacket has created a file >>> where the first three lines contain meta data information about the >>> language to use. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -ryan >>> _________________________________________________ >>> For list-related administrative tasks: >>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users >>> >> >> > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
