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I've finally started reading SICP.

I downloaded GNU/MIT Scheme it appears that I need to work in the Edwin editor which I'm sure is great when you get used to it, however I'd really prefer not to have to learn a new editor while also learning Scheme.

I was hoping there would be a Visual Studio pluggin or something similar.

I'd actual be happy just using notepad++ and just compiling using the command line.

Has anyone got any suggestions?

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    If you decide to use Racket, you might want to look at Neil Van Dyke's SICP support page at: http://www.neilvandyke.org/racket-sicp/ (Haven't used myself, but Eli Barzilay has recommended it a few times. See for example: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3597781/dr-racket-problems-with-sicp/3598093#3598093 – Shannon Severance Aug 30 '11 at 16:27
  • Try this for MIT Scheme: http://www.gnu.org/software/mit-scheme/documentation/mit-scheme-user/Starting-Scheme-from-Microsoft-Windows.html#Starting-Scheme-from-Microsoft-Windows It looks like you might need to change the shortcut so that it doesn't start Edwin, hopefully that will get you an Emacs-free REPL. – okonomichiyaki Sep 01 '11 at 15:20

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Take a look at this question (a bit out of date, DrScheme is now called DrRacket).

I also see this page, which looks reasonable.

This page asks about DrRacket directly.

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John Clements
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Edwin is pretty much the same as emacs, and that's worth learning. Any text editor will do. If you're really looking for the gui look and feel, try DrRacket? http://www.racket-lang.org/

Gregory Marton
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If you are writing in mit-scheme, and are familiar with Emacs there is xscheme for Emacs

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Neil Van Dyke also has a page where he has the book in texinfo format for emacs users.

sicp texinfo

You also can find videos of lectures for the book from the 80s on youtube or going to the MIT ocw site.

video lectures

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