MIT-GNU Scheme

MIT-GNU Scheme

[neverov_dg]

Hi!

I started to read "Structure and interpretation of computer programs"
by H. Abelson and others, so I want to use MIT-GNU Scheme in emacs,
not in EdWin. I download xscheme.el. In my .emacs there is:

(load-library "xscheme.elc")

As I understand I should use M-x run-scheme to start Scheme REPL mode.
When I type it I get error:

MIT-Scheme terminating
scheme: can't find a readable default for option --band.
        searched for file runtime.com in these directories:
        \scheme\lib
Reason for termination:
       Inconsistemcy detected.

I try to run it on WinXp OS in emacs 22.0.93.1.
MIT-Scheme version is 7.7.90.

How can I recover it?

P.S. Edwin works fine

Re: MIT-GNU Scheme

[Peter Danenberg]

> scheme: can't find a readable default for option --band.
>         searched for file runtime.com in these directories:
>         \scheme\lib


     You  may  need  to  edit  scheme-band-name  or xscheme-
default-command-line in xscheme.el to  point  to  your  mit-
scheme  directory  (from  the distribution), or install mit-
scheme in \scheme\lib.

     xscheme.el worked out-of-the-box on Linux, by the way.

Best, Peter

P.S. Great book; too bad MIT's phasing it out.

Re[2]: MIT-GNU Scheme

[neverov_dg]

>      You  may  need  to  edit  scheme-band-name  or xscheme-
> default-command-line in xscheme.el to  point  to  your  mit-
> scheme  directory  (from  the distribution), or install mit-
> scheme in \scheme\lib.

What value should I assign to these variables?

I tried to:

(setq xscheme-default-command-line "scheme --emacs --library 'c:/Program Files/MIT-GNU Scheme/lib'")

(setq scheme-band-name "c:/Program Files/MIT-GNU Scheme/lib")

but scheme finished with errors.

The shortcut for Edwin on my desktop have path:

"C:\Program Files\MIT-GNU Scheme\bin\scheme.exe" --library "C:\Program Files\MIT-GNU Scheme\lib" --compiler --edwin --heap 2000 --edit

and it's work...

>      xscheme.el worked out-of-the-box on Linux, by the way.

I will try it on my FreeBSD installation at home.