README.md

template-template

This repository is a a template for creating a new Racket Templates app template that can be installed with raco new <your-template-name-here>.

It comes pre-populated with some minimal configuration, but the other templates can also be used if they are a better fit for you template.

Checklist

• Choose a licence suitable for use as a template. - we suggest MIT but the choice is yours.
• Is the template a working example? It is important that the template is a close as possible working app with minimal (hopefully zero) configuration.
• Change this README.md file to provide instructions for using the template
• create a pull request at https://github.com/racket-templates/racket-templates to add your template to the collection.

The sample text below is from the cli-command template.

Best wishes,

Stephen

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cli-command

A working example of CLI command you can use to create your own command line app.

How To Install

1. Set your PATH environment variable so you can use raco and other Racket command line functions.
2. either look for from-template in the DrRacket menu File|Package Manager, or run the raco command:

raco pkg install from-template

raco new cli-command <destination-dir>

If you omit <destination-dir>, the command will add copy the template to a folder called cli-command in the current folder.

How to use

This is working example that you can change to suit your needs.

If you need to create an interactive app consider using the charterm package.

How to create an executable

$ raco exe -o hello hello.rkt

This will create an executabe hello or hello.exe depending on your platform.

For help

$ ./hello -h or hello.exe -h

Creating executables: https://docs.racket-lang.org/raco/exe.html

Command-line parsing: https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/Command-Line_Parsing.html

Testing command-line parsing:

Use the DrRacket drracket-cmdline-args plugin: https://docs.racket-lang.org/drracket-cmdline-args/

Install: raco pkg install drracket-cmdline-args