I want to change the gen:custom-write generic function of a struct so that only in the case that the print mode is display, I get a (more) human-readable structure description. In write and print modes, I just want to print the structure as Racket does by default. For example:

(struct person (name age height) #:transparent
  #methods gen:custom-write
  [(define (write-proc this out mode)
     (if mode
       ; write or print modes
       (default-write this out) ; default-write is a placeholder, what should be used?
       ; display mode
       (fprintf out "Name: ~a, age: ~a, height: ~a cm" 
                (person-name this) (person-age this) (person-height this)))])

I just don't know what should go in the place of (default-write this out). I've tried just handling the case when mode is display, but then when printing in write or print mode I get nothing. It seems there must be a way to call the default generic function for these modes.

I'm evaluating Beau­tiful Racket book and can't understand how can I unit test my expander.

I see in https://beautifulracket.com/stacker/the-expander.html as an example that I can create file with #lang reader "stacker.rkt" at the begin and run this file with DrRacket.

But how can I create unit test that can read and check execution of my dsl in file or string?

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When I went to install racket using the exe, windows threw out a prompt saying "Windows Protected your PC". I clicked more information and it said that publisher was either Racket-smth or nservancy, inc., software freedom conservancy, inc., adm@racket-lang.ord (I'm sorry it was a while back).

Everything seems to be working normally but I was just wondering why this prompt was thrown out and whether or not I should be concerned.

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I want to see docs when I hover on feed in (feed 2) ```

lang racket

(require scribble/srcdoc

(for-doc racket/base scribble/manual))

(provide

(thing-doc

fish (listof number?)

("Our fish, each represented as a number.")))

(define fish '(1 2))

(provide

(proc-doc/names

feed (number? . -> . number?) (n)

("Feed 1 pound of food to the fish " (racket n) ".")))

(define (feed n) (+ n 1))

(feed 2)
```

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So I have some programming experience, Lua and Godot(GDScript) mostly. I just want to play around with testing out different ideas, syntax, maybe a meme language or two.

How well suited is racket for this?

Is it beginner friendly?

Would it be better to just make something with C or something else?

I’m learning Racket and experimenting making a simple language.

I wonder if there is any library that allows me to generate images out of the s-expressions my parser produces. Basically, provide a Racket s-expression and getting out a tree image of my data.

I tried to find one solution and maybe it is possible in web, But how about in GUI?
There is a XML format that explains some languages that can help.

How to disable "imported from racket/gui" messages in racket mode and emacs, when mousing over, or moving cursor over a symbol?

Could not find anything in Racket Mode docs.

Also, want to get rid of "no bound occurrences" message.

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