Re: [racket] frustrated with error message

2011-10-14 Thread Rodolfo Carvalho
Erwin, Just in case you didn't see it in the other thread, Thomas Chust created a portable package for Racket. One easy solution is to download and use the latest version from: https://bitbucket.org/chust/racket-portable/downloads That will not just solve the current problems, but also bring the

Re: [racket] frustrated with error message

2011-10-13 Thread Robby Findler
I'm also a bit fuzzy on the details, but I believe that you can fix the corrupted files by opening them in a more recent DrRacket and then saving them again (or copying and pasting them back to the original DrRacket if necessary). (Also, FWIW, v4.2 is older than Windows 7 ...) Robby On Thu, Oct

Re: [racket] frustrated with error message

2011-10-13 Thread Matthias Felleisen
I believe that this is the broken version. It's so old I cannot really recall the details. [Someone correct me if I am wrong.] The easiest fix is to upgrade. For now, tell students not to insert images or graphical syntax into drracket. Instead build images with the primitives. We will relea

Re: [racket] frustrated with error message

2011-10-13 Thread Erwin Hildebrandt
With regards to the error below, we are using dr Scheme v4.2 (I know its an old version but the tech guys at my school take months to test every upgrade that we ask for) and we are running windows 7. I copied the entire error message below again: insert-file in text% error loading file (rea

Re: [racket] frustrated with error message

2011-10-12 Thread Robby Findler
Also, while you're collecting information, including the entire error message would be helpful. (You can click on the error message box to be able to copy it.) Thanks, Robby On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Matthias Felleisen wrote: > > Hi -- this sounds like an old error from a couple of years

Re: [racket] frustrated with error message

2011-10-12 Thread Matthias Felleisen
Hi -- this sounds like an old error from a couple of years ago. Which version of DrRacket (formerly DrScheme) are you using? Which OS? Or does this error happen across OSes? -- Matthias (p.s. I wouldn't be frustrated with the error message in this case but with the error. But if you face wh