Since no one mentioned it yet: if you want a shell-script based way to tell the docs what to search for, you can use 'raco docs lambda' to search for 'lambda'.
Robby On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Matthias Felleisen <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 1:52 AM, D Herring wrote: > >> Thanks for the quick response. Unfortunately, I had found the web browser >> thingy (and had to enable javascript for it to work). :) >> >> I am looking for functions that search for racket functions and return >> racket data structures that describe them. The key pieces of information is >> the name (so it can be used) and the source location (so the implementation >> can be learned and possibly modified). > > > As someone mentioned, DrRacket provides a GUI-version of this functionality > with 'check syntax'. In #lang programs, 'check syntax' is always on and the > information is always available. > > If you want a programmatic way to access this information, you'd have to hook > into 'check syntax' before it colors the editor. > > -- Matthias > > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
