Dexter's Quickscripts

Some scripts for Quickscript.

1. Installation

In DrRacket, in File|Package manager|Source, enter dexter-quickscripts.

Or, on the command line, type: raco pkg install dexter-quickscripts.

If DrRacket is already running, click on Scripts|Manage scripts|Compile scripts and reload menu.

2. Scripts

• compile-to-standalone: compile the current program to standalone executable.

  Compiles the current program to a standalone binary, and automatically imports an icon (located in ./icon). Unlike DrRacket's default compilation option, it does not zip the resulting files.

• escape-double-quotes: escape double-quotes.

  Adds a back-slash ('') before every double-quote ('"') in the selection.

• generate-provide: generate a provide form for the current module.

  Generates a provide form for the current module, and automatically writes a summary of each exported function.

• generate-skeleton: generate a program skeleton, optionally with a few practical definitions.

  Generates a program skeleton with nicely commented sections, and optionally includes useful macros and definitions.

3. Customizing

Scripts can be selectively deactivated from the library (Scripts|Manage scripts|Library).

If you change the source code of a script installed from the dexter-quickscripts package (or from any package containing quickscripts), you will lose all your modifications when the package is updated. To avoid this, you can use Quickscript’s shadow scripts: The shadow script calls the original script without modifying it, and can be modified to your taste without being modified when the original script is updated.

In particular, if you want to change the default label, menu path or keybinding of a script installed from dexter-quickscripts, go to Scripts|Manage|Library..., select the dexter-quickscripts directory, then the script you want, and click on Shadow. This opens a new (shadow) script that calls the original script where you can change what you want.

Note that the shadowed script is deactivated so as to avoid duplicate menu entries and keybindings.

4. License

Dexter's QuickScripts are free software; see LICENSE for more details.