How to run Racket in Emacs?

Question

I don't like DrRacket because it does not have convenient edit capabilities as Emacs, however I can only run Scheme file through adding command "racket current-file.scm" in .emacs, now, I want to run the Scheme file in Emacs described as "Run : Resets the interactions window and runs the program in the definitions window." in DrRacket's manual, I read the command Racket's help "19.1 Running racket and gracket", seemingly it doesn't answer my question, what should I do?

Derr

I remember there were something related to activating emacs shortcuts in drracket settings (I think it was something like disabling menu shortcuts). Also have you seen this? – Nailhead

I used quack, and I can execute scheme file in emacs! but I want to have the similar "the interactions window and runs the program in the definitions window" as described in 3.1.5 Racket – Derr

Did you find a solution to this abelard20008? – Lacustrine

Answer 1

You might want to try Geiser mode for Emacs. There is also a section in the Racket Guide dedicated to describing how to use other editors and CLI tools.

Update: Nowadays I also highly recommend Greg Hendershott's racket-mode as well.

Valonia

@albelard20008: in particular, there's a whole section on integrating with Emacs in: docs.racket-lang.org/guide/Emacs.html – Goodlooking

Answer 2

The racket-lang official website provides some ways to use racket in emacs. Here is the link racket-lang emacs. You can use quack or geiser.

Ethben

Answer 3

Greg Hendershott has written racket-mode for using Racket from Emacs.

https://github.com/greghendershott/racket-mode

See the presentation from 2014 RacketCon here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWiteH8PARQ&noredirect=1

Calfskin