Re: [MIT-Scheme-devel] Installing 9.2 OS X Binary on macOS Sierra Macbook air

[Aaron S. Hawley]

Mohamed,

Just be aware that on the Mac I get mit-scheme processes that are long
running and start consuming a lot of cpu and overheating the computer.
Killing them in Emacs or with Activity Monitor solves that for me.

Best,
Aaron

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Aaron S. Hawley
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Mohamed,
>
> I'm able to start the MIT-GNU Scheme on a Mac from Emacs and use it by
> adding this to my .emacs file:
>
> (add-to-list 'exec-path "/Applications/MIT:GNU
> Scheme.app/Contents/Resources")
>
> (eval-after-load 'scheme
>   '(setq scheme-program-name "mit-scheme"))
>
> I don't get far launching from Finder, because of a startup error:
>
> $ open /Applications/MIT\:GNU\ Scheme.app/Contents/MacOS/macosx-starter
> /Applications/MIT:GNU Scheme.app/Contents/Resources/mit-scheme: can't find a
> readable default for option --band.
> searched for file all.com in these directories:
> /Applications/MIT:GNU Scheme.app/Contents/Resources?
> /usr/local/lib/mit-scheme-x86-64
>
> Inconsistency detected.
>
> I'm using Sierra 10.12.3
>
> Happy SICP'ing!
>
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Mohamed Nabassoua <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> Thanks for your support. I am a in the process of learning GNU Scheme by
>> following SICP and had a quick question regarding installing this software
>> on the latest Macbook air. Namely, I am in the process of buying a new
>> Macbook air which run under macOS Sierra and I was wondering if the Stable
>> Release 9.2 OS X Binary works fine with macOS Sierra, or if there are issues
>> I should be aware off. Thanks a lot for your help!
>>
>> Best
>> Mohamed
>>
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>
>
>
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memory--the computer, however, is supposed to
remember!  Poor computer.  -- Guy Lewis Steele Jr.