Re: naive query about scsh

roger purves <roger <at> stat.berkeley.edu> writes:

> 
> to  scsch adepts:
> 
> 1. With little knowledge of unix etc, I managed to get scsh running under
>     Terminal (tcsh; Mac OS X (version 10.2.8); November 2001 ibook).
>     I didn't understand why (car '(a b c)) returned 'a. See below. Is it
>     because Scheme 48 is different from other Schemes? Or perhaps
>     because I did not put "(car '(a b c))" in a shell script?
> 
> 2. This is the second Scheme I have tried to get working under Terminal.
>     In each case, using the "delete' key to backspace and delete has
>     failed to work under the Scheme prompt. (But it does work when
>     typing in straight unix commands). Is there something wrong
>     with Terminal?
> 
> Any guidance appreciated.
> 
> Roger Purves
> 
> 

Excuse me, I omitted the part of my post referred to by "see below".
Here it is:

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Welcome to scsh 0.6.6 (King Conan)
Type ,? for help.
> (car '(a b c))
'a
> (exit)

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