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How do you integrate Racket with emacs? Is it similar to Clojure?

• soegaard 14y ago
  Most(?) people use DrRacket. For the Emacs fans: http://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/Emacs.html?q=emacs http://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/Emacs.html?q=emacs I used to use Emacs, but switched to DrRacket several years ago. It is easy to underestimate DrRacket. Tools like Check Syntax which allows scope respecting renaming of identifiers are one of the benefits of using DrRacket. I also enjoy being see graphical results directly in the REPL. For example plots. http://docs.racket-lang.org/plot/intro.html?q=plot http://docs.racket-lang.org/plot/intro.html?q=plot
  • Mon_Ouie 14y ago
    I always have mitigated feelings about these tools. On the one hand, those features are really appealing. On the other hand, leaving my regular editor prevents me from using its (sometimes heavily configured) text- and code-editing capabilities. Plus I can access all the code I've written for other projects from Emacs, regardless of the language.
    • soegaard 14y ago
      I just have an Emacs open in another windows that I can switch to if I need to edit something non-Racket.
    • mgallivan 14y ago
      That's my concern as well and the reason I went through a bit off an ordeal getting Clojure into emacs, as opposed to falling back on a Clojure editor.
• p4bl0 14y ago
  We use Geiser[1]. [1] http://www.nongnu.org/geiser/ http://www.nongnu.org/geiser/
  • mgallivan 14y ago
    Thank you, I'll give it a go.