01:21 <GlenK> hi there. I'm doing sicp stuff with dr racket. anyone have any guesses why this isn't working for me? (#%require "./1_43.scm")

01:22 <GlenK> I throw this in there and it works just fine: (#%require "../common.scm")

15:35 <tatsumaru> hey guys, newbie programmer here, just starting out with racket as first language.

15:35 <tatsumaru> when you do (cons 'chicken empty) and get '(chicken) as output, is that a list now?

16:10 <jjk96> Hey, I'm trying to understand the web server framework. There are a couple of things I'm unable to find out. 1. How do I return a simple text-only response? I can only see response/xexpr, response/jsexpr, etc. There is response/output, but that one requires a port as well. 2. How do I make a dispatcher that looks at the whole URL? I can make a dispatcher that differentiates between "/home" and "/test", but it cannot handle

16:10 <jjk96> "/test/here", I've also tried nested dispatchers, where "/test" refers to the test-dispatcher, but then the URL that arrives in the test-dispatcher is still the original URL, while I would expect it to discard the matched part.

16:11 <jjk96> I'm quite new to racket still, I read the racket guide, but that's about it

16:31 <dzoe> tatsumaru: yes

16:32 <dzoe> jjk96: I use response/full for these

16:33 <jjk96> Hmm, a wrapper around response/full would be useful so I don't have to supply all the other values. I suppose I could write that myself.

17:20 <jjk96> Does anyone have an answer to my second question?

17:44 <dzoe> jjk96: I am not sure if I understand your question correctly - have you tried using dispatch-case or similar form?

17:45 <dzoe> Also do not be surprised if answers here take day or two - this is relatively low-traffic channel and most of the people here are pretty busy. But if someone knows an answer they are happy to help.

17:45 <jjk96> Yes, I have tried dispatch-case, but I don't see how I can use it to match a string like "/first/second'.

17:46 <jjk96> dzoe: I didn't mean to come off as impatient, I just restated my question because since you answered my first question a casual reader might think that my questions had all been answered.

18:37 <gproto23> erkin: hey man, please ping me when you are online.

18:46 <dzoe> jjk96: (define my-dispatch (dispatch-case (("first" "second") (lambda (req) ...)))))

18:47 <dzoe> jjk96: or if you want to use also the url-mapping function, go with full dispatch-rules - see https://docs.racket-lang.org/web-server/dispatch.html?q=dispatch-case#%28part._.Using_web-server_dispatch%29

18:48 <dzoe> My use-cases are kinda weird so I use my own macros around dispatch-case alone.

22:48 <jjk96> I think I tried that, but I'll try again