I haven't used /lp myself. I am stuck here -- Matthias
On Apr 22, 2012, at 12:25 AM, Deren Dohoda wrote: > Hi Matthias, > > I cannot seem to get it to work. I can get scribble to be happy, but > not the scribble/lp file. > > First try: (somewhere in the middle of the file) > @(begin > #reader scribble/comment-reader > (chunk <hs-from-xs> > (define hs ; (xi+1) - xi > (map - (rest xs) (drop-right xs 1))))) > Second try: > @chunk[<hs-from-xs> > #reader scribble/comment-reader > (define hs ; (xi+1) - xi > (map - (rest xs) (drop-right xs 1)))] > > Both can be scribbled with the comment when included with (lp-include > ...), but doesn't run when one runs the file itself. When the file is > run, this error appears: "bad syntax (multiple expressions after > identifier) in: (define hs (code:comment ..." The only place I can > find code:comment defined is in > "...Racket/collects/scribble/lp/lang/lang.rkt": > (provide code:comment) > (define-syntax (code:comment stx) > (if (eq? (syntax-local-context) 'expression) > (syntax (void)) > (syntax (define (f x) x)))) > > It looks like it was supposed to strip the comment when being run. > "...Racket/collects/scribble/comment-reader.rkt" does have > > (define (do-comment port recur) > (let loop () > (when (equal? #\; (peek-char port)) > (read-char port) > (loop))) > (when (equal? #\space (peek-char port)) > (read-char port)) > `(code:comment > (unsyntax ... > > So it seems like this is where code:comment is coming from, but for > some reason the code:comments rule from lang.rkt isn't seeing it. > > Deren > > On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Matthias Felleisen > <matth...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: >> >> Do you use >> >> @;% >> @(begin >> #reader scribble/comment-reader >> (racketblock >> (place-image ROCKET X ... MTSCN) >> )) >> @;% >> >> to write down code blocks? It installs a reader that can cope with comments. >> >> >> >> On Apr 21, 2012, at 4:53 PM, Deren Dohoda wrote: >> >>> I have finally started learning scribble for use in literate >>> programming to break away from noweb for Racket. It's quite excellent, >>> I am glad to be making the switch. Thank everyone for their work. I >>> miss the math of latex but it isn't a dealbreaker. >>> >>> However, part of writing code is commenting the code for reminders of >>> why little bits are the way they are. The problem is that the scribble >>> HTML output has stripped all comments from the chunks. I have tried >>> digging down into scribble/lp but I must admit the guts are outside my >>> ability to understand. I'm guessing it is because the reader has >>> already stripped comments from the syntax by the time Racket gets to >>> the "chunk" syntax rule. The one bit that seems to indicate it strips >>> comments (code:comment) never seems to be used anywhere. I know that >>> there are code examples with comments in the Racket documentation. Is >>> there any way to keep code comments preserved in the scribbled view of >>> chunks? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Deren >>> ____________________ >>> Racket Users list: >>> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
