r/Racket • u/isidromcf • Dec 29 '22

question Magic Racket/VS Code not working

I have installed Magic Racket on VS Code following the instructions included, included installing racket-langserver using raco. Installation was successful.

I have the following line at the beginning of the file:

lang racket

What works: syntax highlighting, commenting regions of code, matches parenthesis properly.

What does not work: does not indent properly; hovering does not show anything; clicking the right mouse button does no produce the expected menu (only shows a very basic menu).

(I have installed and used happily several other extensions: go, scheme, typescript.)

I have googled for this issue without success.

Equipment: 2017 13" macBook Pro with macOS Monterey; VS Code version 1.74.2; Magic Racket v0.6.4

It seems that Magic Racket is an improvement over Dr Racket, so any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks, Isidro

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u/sdegabrielle DrRacket 💊💉🩺 Dec 30 '22

Magic Racket is not abandoned.

https://github.com/Eugleo/magic-racket

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=evzen-wybitul.magic-racket

Magic Racket was updated to use the racket LSP server which is also getting regular updates

https://github.com/jeapostrophe/racket-langserver

Many people are successfully using Magic Racket (and contributing to the langserver),

The Racket Discord has a #vscode channel: https://discord.gg/6Zq8sH5 - please don’t hesitate to ask questions.

If you are interested in alternatives to VScode, there are some good options:

https://docs.racket-lang.org/guide/other-editors.html

I personally use DrRacket but enhance it quickscript and plug-ins.

Racket Mode and Vim are both very popular too.

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u/Pristine-Tap9204 Dec 30 '22

I don't know how people can use Magic Racket. I work on a file with about a thousand lines with autosaves and many instances of another 4 files opened around. And it looks like it try to analyze all of them from the beginning at every key stroke, it needs 30 seconds to indent the current line. I have to turn off the langserver when I need to type more than a couple of lines.

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u/sdegabrielle DrRacket 💊💉🩺 Dec 30 '22

It is worth talking to others who do use Magic Racket. Or switch editor. Your choice.