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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/repl.texi | 16 | ||||
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diff --git a/doc/repl.texi b/doc/repl.texi index bef0f3f..d1e1f6b 100644 --- a/doc/repl.texi +++ b/doc/repl.texi @@ -329,6 +329,22 @@ loads a file specified via the @code{-l} flag. If what you want is just loading @file{~/.guile}, leave @code{geiser-guile-init-file} alone and set @code{geiser-guile-load-init-file-p} to @code{t} instead. +@subsubheading Racket startup time + +When starting Racket in little computers, Geiser might have to wait a +bit more than it expects (which is ten seconds, or ten thousand +milliseconds, by default). If you find that Geiser is giving up too +quickly and complaining that no prompt was found, try to increase the +value of @c{geiser-repl-startup-time} to, say, twenty seconds: + +@example +(setq geiser-repl-startup-time 20000) +@end example + +@noindent +If you prefer, you can use the customize interface to, well, customise +the above variable's value. + @subsubheading History By default, Geiser won't record duplicates in your input history. If you diff --git a/elisp/geiser-repl.el b/elisp/geiser-repl.el index 5027c28..770b5ca 100644 --- a/elisp/geiser-repl.el +++ b/elisp/geiser-repl.el @@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ expression, if any." :type 'integer :group 'geiser-repl) +(geiser-custom--defcustom geiser-repl-startup-time 10000 + "Time, in milliseconds, to wait for Racket to startup. +If you have a slow system, try to increase this time." + :type 'integer + :group 'geiser-repl) + ;;; Implementation-dependent parameters @@ -302,7 +308,7 @@ module command as a string") (error-message-string err) "\n") (error "Couldn't start Geiser"))) - (geiser-repl--wait-for-prompt 10000))) + (geiser-repl--wait-for-prompt geiser-repl-startup-time))) (defun geiser-repl--wait-for-prompt (timeout) (let ((p (point)) (seen) (buffer (current-buffer))) |