Re: [racket-users] Re: GUI executable creating an annoying command line window

2020-05-31 Thread Philip Benade
June 2020 02:00:57 UTC+2, Andre Garzia wrote: > > I noticed a similar behavior if I left any dangling "display" or "write" > in the code, a terminal window would open with those messages in it. Is > this what might be happening to you? > > On Tue, 26 May 2020 at

[racket-users] Re: GUI executable creating an annoying command line window

2020-05-26 Thread Philip Benade
ecutable using "raco exe work-timer.rkt" or by > specifying "Racket" as the base in DrRacket, the console window shows up, > but this is expected. > > I am using Racket 7.7 (BC, not the Chez version). > > Alex. > > On Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 5:00:01 PM UTC

Re: [racket-users] GUI executable creating an annoying command line window

2020-05-26 Thread Philip Benade
Hi Laurent Unfortunately no, nothing changes. Regards Philip On Tuesday, 26 May 2020 11:47:28 UTC+2, Laurent wrote: > > Does it change anything if you use #lang racket/gui instead of #lang > racket (require racket/gui)? > > On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 10:00 AM Philip Benade >

[racket-users] GUI executable creating an annoying command line window

2020-05-26 Thread Philip Benade
Hi All I have been trying to create a simple GUI with the racket/gui library. For the most part it works but alongside my GUI it also creates a command line window. You can see a screenshot of this in the attached picture. I found this discussion when I searched for a solution: https://groups.

[racket-users] Re: Button click callback syntax

2020-05-13 Thread Philip Benade
Hi gfb Thank you for replying to my question. Your reply has saved me from writing unnecessary boiler plate code for my click events. I see the difference between mentioning a function and evaluating it now. What I ended up going for looks like this: ; Make a button in the frame (new button%

Re: [racket-users] Button click callback syntax

2020-05-13 Thread Philip Benade
end code > > You'll see that 'general-callback' returns: > #, which is the actual function > and (general-callback ...) returns 'result-of-general-callback, which > is the result of invoking the function. > > > In your GUI code, you want to

[racket-users] Button click callback syntax

2020-05-12 Thread Philip Benade
Hi All I am new to Racket and I have found a situation where I'm not certain why Racket works the way it does. Unfortunately I am not sure of the vocabulary so I will describe the situation with some code: ; A button made this way works as I would expect, it waits for 30 minutes and then show