I agree that the best method to do this in DrRacket is to create a new language. Once you have the language, you can configure the initial "Automatic" language in the Language/Choose_Language menu.
My problem is that DrRacket doesn't run the first program automatically, so if I 1) Open DrRacket 2) Type (+ 1 2) in the interactions window 3) Press Enter I get an error: --- Welcome to DrRacket, version 6.1.1 [3m]. Language: racket [custom]. > (+ 1 2) [error icon] #%top-interaction: unbound identifier; also, no #%app syntax transformer is bound in: #%top-interaction > --- I have to run the main program once to be able to use the interaction windows. This first run can be automatic. But some languages are slow or weird, so I think it's better to be able to select if I want to run the automatic program at start. Another problem is consistency, because it would be different of what DrRacket does when you load a rkt file or open it with double-click in a folder. An easier and safer possibility is to replace the initial prompt with a message "Interactions disable! Press the RUN button!" (or a friendlier version) like when you run #lang racket/kernel Gustavo On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Robby Findler <[email protected]> wrote: > You might also consider making a new language along the lines of #lang > racket/gui that includes the extra stuff you want. > > Robby > > On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Jukka Tuominen > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thank you Eric, >> >> I appreciate the principle. I got it working now without violations. >> >> br, jukka >> >> >>> I do not think it is possible. DrRacket is designed so that the >>> interaction >>> window has the namespace of exactly the file you are writing. That is, >>> what >>> you type in the interactions window should behave similarly to if you >>> appended it into the file. And running the file should have the same >>> behavior as running it with the command-line racket. Having DrRacket >>> insert >>> requires silently would violate this. >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 1:55 AM, Jukka Tuominen >>> <[email protected] >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Just to clarify my previous message... >>>> >>>> Say, I want to include 2htdp/image and 2htdp/universe libraries so that >>>> once I start DrRacket, I can type "circle" in the interactions pane even >>>> before pressing the "run" button. The same libraries should be available >>>> directly for racket and gracket, as well. >>>> >>>> What would be the safest way to achieve this? >>>> >>>> br, jukka >>>> >>>> >>>> > >>>> > If I want to ensure that certain libraries get automatically included >>>> > (required) in the initial racket/gracket/drracket environments, where >>>> > should I add them? >>>> > >>>> > I tried /racket/collects/init.rkt but that didn't seem to work. I >>>> didn't >>>> > remove the .zo file though... >>>> > >>>> > br, jukka >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > ____________________ >>>> > Racket Users list: >>>> > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> ____________________ >>>> Racket Users list: >>>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >>>> >>> >> >> >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
