DrRacket Tools for CS 135 course at UWaterloo
- The authors are NOT responsible for any issues using any part of this repository will cause you. ALWAYS back up your files, preferences and code!
- Though it may not be necessary in all cases, DrRacket should be restarted after most customizations to allow all changes to take effect.
- Autocomplete was adapted from complete-word in Quickscript Extra
- Keybindings was adapted from Racket-lang.org documentation
- Creator and Maintainer: Raymond Li (https://Raymond.Li)
- Co-creator: Kaustubh Prabhakar (https://KaustubhPrabhakar.tech)
- Contributors: Thomas Park, Devon Mack, Kaifee Haque
There are 2 parts of this package that you can install. By following the steps below, you will get autocomplete and additional keybindings. To install the preferences, follow the installation section under Racket Preferences. Default Racket keybindings will continue to work after installation.
- Go to
File > Install Package...from the menubar. - Put
cs135-drtoolsin the input field besidePackage Source:, and clickInstall. - Restart DrRacket.
Ctrl+Spacetrigger (Will NOT work in comments!) just hit enter and remove the newline after completion, we're working on making these work in comments)- Completion for the following:
| Shortcut | Generates |
|---|---|
| cx | check-expect |
| cw | check-within |
| ce | check-error |
| df | define function |
| d | define |
| ds | define structure |
| m | make structure |
| c | cond with else |
| if | if statement |
| con | list in cons notation |
| li | abbreviated list |
| dsp | display |
| t | true |
| f | false |
| e | empty |
| hdr | file header |
| cmt | comment |
| l | ;; |
| ll | 3-line comment |
| pa | 3-line "Part a" comment |
| pb | 3-line "Part b" comment |
| pc | 3-line "Part c" comment |
| pd | 3-line "Part d" comment |
| pe | 3-line "Part e" comment |
| pf | 3-line "Part f" comment |
| ppe | Purpose and examples |
| ctr | Contract |
| req | Requires |
| tst | Tests |
| lox | list-of-X Template |
| nelox | ne-List-of-X Template |
| lo | (listof ) |
| nelo | (ne-listof ) |
| lost | (listof Str) |
| nelost | (ne-listof Str) |
| lob | (listof Bool) |
| nelob | (ne-listof Bool) |
| loc | (listof Char) |
| neloc | (ne-listof Char) |
| losy | (listof Sym) |
| nelosy | (ne-listof Sym) |
| lonu | (listof Num) |
| nelonu | (ne-listof Num) |
| lona | (listof Nat) |
| nelona | (ne-listof Nat) |
- Type a shortcut
- Press
Ctrl+Space - The shortcut will be replaced with generated code
- Works out of the box after installing the package
- Note: No commonly-used original keybindings are overwritten. (i.e. The DrRacket default keybindings still do what they used to. This package simply adds more.)
- Provides the following keybindings:
| Keybinding | What it does | DrRacket default |
|---|---|---|
| Alt+R | Run the program | Ctrl+R or F5 |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Indent all lines | Ctrl+I |
| Ctrl+H | Show Replace | Ctrl+Shift+R |
| Ctrl+Shift+R | Replace All | None |
| Ctrl+/ | Comment out line with ; |
None |
| Ctrl+Backspace | Delete word left of cursor | Alt+Backspace |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete word right of cursor | Alt+Delete |
| Alt+Up/Down | Switch between Interactions and Definitions panes | Ctrl+F6 |
- Dark mode based on Monokai v2.1
[(left square bracket) will automatically determine the right bracket for you (no need toShift+9anymore!) and insert a close bracket for you as well- In addition to the notable ones mentioned here, all the features we found useful have been enabled. The default language for new files is set to
Beginning Student Custom, the starting language for CS 135 at UWaterloo. This may change as we progress through the course, or it may not.
- !Important! BACK UP your existing preferences file FIRST, just in case you don't like ours.
- Unix: Download
racket-prefs.rktdto$HOME/.racketand reload DrRacket - Windows: Download
racket-prefs.rktdto%appdata%\Racket(paste that into the File Explorer location bar and hit enter) and reload DrRacket - Mac OS: Download
racket-prefs.rktdto your preferences folder, rename the file toorg.racket-lang.prefs.rktd, and reload DrRacket. You might find these links helpful:
Installing the drcomplete raco package (not part of this package) will provide automated completion of variables and functions. You can install drcomplete the same way you installed cs135-drtools. After restarting DrRacket, click Edit > Enable Automatic Autocompletion (last item) in the menubar to enable it, if it isn't already enabled.
