[racket-dev] Package system quickstart section?

2013-05-08 Thread Asumu Takikawa
Hi all, Would anyone be opposed to adding a Quickstart section to the Package System documentation page? The current first section[1] is useful, but it's a pretty dense read for someone who just wants to know how to install a package. I'm imagining that the Quickstart would describe where to

Re: [racket-dev] Package system quickstart section?

2013-05-08 Thread Jay McCarthy
There currently is a quickstart section designed for developers: http://docs.racket-lang.org/planet2/Developing_Packages.html So, I'm fine with you working on a quickstart from a user perspective, although I worry about being too vague on some of the details in the Concepts section or

[racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-05-08 Thread Asumu Takikawa
RacketCon 2013 -- We are pleased to announce that (third RacketCon) will take place on September 29, 2013 at Northeastern University in Boston. This year, we plan to bring in several speakers from industry, as well as host talks from Racket developers and users. Lunch will be

Re: [racket-dev] [racket] Explicitly rerouting web-server requests to filesystem server

2013-05-08 Thread Jay McCarthy
I have just pushed this change. On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Matthew Butterick mb.list.a...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the help Jay. That worked. BTW I'm enjoying doing web programming with Racket. A small suggestion, if you keep a pile of them. It would be great to have a

Re: [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-05-08 Thread Juan Francisco Cantero Hurtado
On 05/08/13 17:49, Asumu Takikawa wrote: RacketCon 2013 -- We are pleased to announce that (third RacketCon) will take place on September 29, 2013 at Northeastern University in Boston. This year, we plan to bring in several speakers from industry, as well as host talks from Racket

[racket-dev] Fwd: [Racket announcement] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-05-08 Thread Matthias Felleisen
RacketCon is listed as co-event for Lisp in Summer. Begin forwarded message: From: Asumu Takikawa as...@ccs.neu.edu Subject: [Racket announcement] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September Date: May 8, 2013 12:10:28 PM EDT To: Racket Announce annou...@racket-lang.org RacketCon 2013

Re: [racket-dev] [ANN] RacketCon 2013: 29 September

2013-05-08 Thread Doug Williams
Sorry I missed last year's RacketCon. It was held on the same weekend we had all the kids (and now grandkids) here in Denver for a long weekend. It also coincided with the American Beer Festival held in Denver, which is probably why the kids - especially our son and son-in-laws - wanted the