1. On desktop: right click -> new -> shortcut
    2. Enter a target of: C:\MzScheme\MzScheme.exe -m -f as.scm (or where ever mzscheme is installed)
    3. Name the shortcut Arc3
    4. Find the shortcut on desktop; right click on it and select properties.
    5. Add the path to the arc directory in the 'start-in' box. (example: C:\arc3)

This will get you started with pg's release, but you will need to make changes to account for windows:

at a minimum you can do this:

http://arclanguage.org/item?id=9294

(and I might be wrong, but it would seem that since were now using scheme 372 we no longer need to account for the sticky bit problem that anarki accounted for - this was mentioned as a reply in the above post).

notes:

    * ensure-dir is an existing function (so replace it), 
    mkdir is new so add it.

    * in the new arc3 you need to take out the qoute on 
    make-directory:

    (xdef make-directory make-directory)
    (xdef make-directory* make-directory*)

    (xdef 'make-directory make-directory)
    (xdef 'make-directory* make-directory*)

However, the place to type that in is a command line window in the folder arc was unzipped to.

So for example:

1) Type Windows Key-R to bring up run window 2) Type in "cmd", and hit enter to bring up command prompt 3) Use the "cd" command followed by the directory path of your arc installation. 4) Execute "mzscheme -m -f as.scm" to start arc.

Alternatively, if you're using Vista (not sure about XP), you can Shift-Right Click in a explorer window, and click the dropdown item "Open Command Window Here" to do the same thing as the first three steps.

I have a folder with MzScheme in it and a folder with arc3 in it. I entered "cd" and the directory of the arc3 folder: "cd C:\Program Files\Arc\arc3" and then I hit enter. The next line looked like this:

    C:\Program Files\Arc\arc3>

To rectify the situation, you could either type in the full path to mzscheme instead of just it's name, or you could add it to your PATH variable (that's where windows looks to locate programs when you type them in on the command line)

Here's how to do that temporarily:

  PATH=%PATH%;<insert mzscheme path here>

To make it permanent: right click on "Computer" and go to properties. Somewhere there should be an Advanced Settings link, which should pop up a new window. Click the Environment Variables button, and edit the PATH variable (either for your user or the whole system). Add a semicolon, and then paste in the path to the mzscheme executable.

  root@mybox:~/arc3# mzscheme -m -f as.scm
  -bash: /usr/bin/mzscheme: No such file or directory

http://download.plt-scheme.org/v372.html

The installer will ask you where you want to install mzscheme, you can choose any directory that is convenient for you. You do not need the option to create links in standard directories, say "no" to that.

Then you'd run mzscheme from the directory that you installed it to.

  ~/arc3$ ...where-you-said-to-install-mzscheme/bin/mzscheme -m -f as.scm

  * tried it with the absolute path
  * tried it without
  * tried running it in its directory
  * tried running it without parameters just to see what happens

  root@mybox:~/arc3# /root/mz/bin/mzscheme -m -f as.scm
  -bash: /root/mz/bin/mzscheme: No such file or directory
  root@mybox:~/arc3# cd /root/mz/bin/
  root@mybox:~/mz/bin# ls
  mzc  mzpp  mzscheme  mztext  pdf-slatex  planet  plt-web-server-text  setup-plt  slatex  swindle  tex2page
  root@mybox:~/mz/bin# ./mzscheme -m -f /root/arc3/ac.scm
  -bash: ./mzscheme: No such file or directory
  root@mybox:~/mz/bin#
  root@mybox:~# cd /root/plt/bin/
  root@mybox:~/plt/bin# ls
  drscheme   mred  mzpp      mztext      planet     plt-web-server       setup-plt  slideshow  tex2page
  help-desk  mzc   mzscheme  pdf-slatex  plt-games  plt-web- server-text  slatex     swindle
  root@mybox:~/plt/bin# ./mzscheme
  -bash: ./mzscheme: No such file or directory
  root@mybox:~/plt/bin# ./mzscheme -m -f /root/arc3/as.scm
  -bash: ./mzscheme: No such file or directory
  root@mybox:~/plt/bin#

You're going to need to get help on the PLT Scheme user mailing list for this one. (This is the first mailing list listed at the top of http://www.plt-scheme.org/community.html)

Tell them what operating system you're running, including the output of "uname -a", and which distribution of PLT Scheme you downloaded. Mention you need to run PLT Scheme version 372 specifically. No need to include the "-m" or "-f" options or to mention Arc, just show them the output of when you're in the bin directory and you type just "./mzscheme"

Then, once you have mzscheme working, we may be able to help with any Arc problems you have... :-)