Re: [racket-users] Equivalent of exec

> (exit (system*/exit-code "/usr/bin/vi" "filename")) On a slightly unrelated note, if this for consumption by anyone other than just you, I would use (getenv "EDITOR") (or VISUAL, if you prefer) rather than hard-code the path to vi. Best, D. Ben Knoble -- You received this message because

Re: [racket-users] Equivalent of exec

Ben, hello. On 4 Aug 2021, at 16:45, D. Ben Knoble wrote: On a slightly unrelated note, if this for consumption by anyone other than just you, I would use (getenv "EDITOR") (or VISUAL, if you prefer) rather than hard-code the path to vi. An excellent point. In fact this is indeed a

Re: [racket-users] Equivalent of exec

> started as a quick experiment with scsh a number of years ago, I’m surprised no one has mentioned Rash so I will ... perhaps Rash will be a useful tool for you ... https://docs.racket-lang.org/rash/ “2 Rash Guide ... Rash is a shell language embedded in Racket. “ https://rash-lang.org/

Re: [racket-users] Equivalent of exec

Hi Norman, > It's slightly unfortunate that Racket's > start-up time make it slightly suboptimal as a command-line tool, but > raco make helps with that. With 8.0+/CS, even without make I've had a good experience. As you say, setup or make makes things even faster, though. If you weren't

Re: [racket-users] Equivalent of exec

Many thanks for your thoughts, George and Shu-Hung. Rather embarassingly, I've found my answer in what's almost the simplest subprocess procedure: (exit (system*/exit-code "/usr/bin/vi" "filename")) exhibits the behaviour I want. That does all the required plumbing flawlessly. I'm