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  1. Open the folder on your desktop that is labeled with your NetID ("netID's Home")
  2. Right-click on an open spot in the folder window and select "Create Folder".
  3. Name the new folder (directory) "Comp211".
  4. Double-click the Comp211 folder to open it and inside of it, create another folder (a sub-folder) called "Lab00".
  5. Save all your Lab00 work to this folder. For submitting homeworks, see the Owlspace page for Comp 211.
  6. Start DrRacket by going to the main Linux "Applications" menu and in the "Rice" sub-menu, clicking on "DrRacket".

Via a command line:

  1. Open a terminal (right click anywhere on the desktop and select "Open Terminal").
  2. Make a new folder (directory) called Comp211, for this course. The command is for making a new folder on Linux is mkdir.
  3. Make a sub-folder in Comp211 called Labs.
  4. Make a sub-folder in Labs called Lab00. Save all your Lab00 work to this folder. For submitting homeworks, see the Owlspace page for Comp 211.
  5. Start DrSchemeby DrRacket by typing the command "drscheme" or "drracket" (no quotes). #If

If this is the first time you've run DrScheme, it will ask you your preferred language, and the Scheme language level; the latter should be "Beginning Student with List Abbreviations". This language level provides the expected set of primitive operations and enables

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DrScheme to reject "legal" Scheme constructions that are not part of our introductory dialect.

The DrSchemewindow DrScheme window is divided into two halves. The lower half, or interaction window, is the Scheme "calculator". The top half, or definition window is just a text editor which is smart about indenting Scheme, and such. The execute button sends the contents of the definition window down to the interaction window, where they are actually evaluated.

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