[MIT-Scheme-devel] Beginner problem using Edwin on Windows

[Bruce Turner]

Greetings! venerable MIT/GNU Scheme developers,

I am having trouble in working out how to use Edwin to edit a file. I am 
using Windows XP.

I cannot see anything in the documentation that suggests that Edwin is not 
usable with Windows. I click on the Edwin icon and am presented with a 
window which includes the REPL prompt, 1 ]=>. I assume that this is REPL 
Mode. The line "Edwin 3.112" is included in the preamble, so it would appear 
that Edwin is running. I am unable to work out how to get to Scheme Mode. I 
am able to evaluate Scheme expressions, and I am able to load a file created 
with another editor. If I include '-*-Scheme-*-' at the beginning of the 
file, loading the file prints the instructions in the file rather than 
evaluating them. I cannot cut or paste, or use the back arrow. I cannot use 
any of the Meta commands (If I press alt-x, for instance, I just print the 
character 'o' with a bar through it; ctrl-h merely prints an 'h'). The  only 
screenshot that I found for Edwin shows a split screen window which has 
informative lines at the bottom of each screen, very much like Emacs. My 
window does not have any informative lines at the bottom. There are no 
drop-down menus on the window.

Your comments would be welcome,

Regards,
Bruys

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