[gambit-list] newbie question: Little scheme

joe tex joetex1 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 2 18:37:30 EST 2010


I am a newbie to emacs too after years and years of Vi brainwashing ;)
Will try paredit.

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Seth Burleigh <seth at tewebs.com> wrote:
> Assuming you know nothing about emacs.
>
> Just as an example, heres my .emacs file.
>
>
>
> You should create a directory , say C:/emacs/plugins/, under which you have
> the following files:
>
> gambit.el (contained with gambit download)
>
> paredit.el   (http://mumble.net/~campbell/emacs/paredit.el)
>
> /icicles/ (just download from
>
>                     http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Libraries
>
>                    and get zips or  other direction)
>
>
>
> Then go into .emacs file and edit the path to whatever you want (in this
> case C:/emacs/plugins/)
>
> Start emacs. Hit Control-x Control-f and type in ~/.emacs
>
> Copy and paste file contents into it, save , and restart. You should be
> good! If not, read the error message, change the contents, and now you
>
> Can hit f1 to reevaluate .emacs file buffer.
>
> Now hit f5 and hopefully scheme will start if gsc.exe (or whatever) is in
> your environmental path.
>
>
>
> Just browse the .emacs file and customize everything to whatever you want. I
> would suggest:
>
> (1)Reading the tutorial which is advertised when emacs shows up.
>
> (2)Print out the paredit cheatsheet.
>
> (3)Figuring out keyboard shortcuts  for scheme mode.
>
> (4) Figure out shortcuts for REPL (like C-p, C-n)
>
> (5)Reading about icicles. For example, when you hit M-x (alt-x) you  could
> then type something in and hit shift tab and all the possibilities will show
> up.
>
>
>
> (6) Figure out how to debug gambit in the repl.
>
>
>
> Trust me , you’ll thank yourself later.
>
>
>
> Oh, and the custom-set-variables and the custom-set-faces on top? If you
> already have some in your .emacs file, don’t delete them.
>
> In fact, you can delete this if you don’t want cua-mode, which adds windows
> copy and paste key rebinding to emacs.
>
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- Joe



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