[racket] DrRacket not starting today

From: namekuseijin (namekuseijin at gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 26 12:29:19 EDT 2012

BTW, pure racket and gracket are working fine.

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:26 PM, namekuseijin <namekuseijin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Holy Baloney!  It's the same here on Windows Vista at work!
>
> the console:
>
> read-bitmap: expects type <path-string or input-port> as 1st argument, given: '#
> (#<procedure:draw-honu> 270 270); other arguments were: 'unknown/alpha #f #t
>
>  === context ===
> C:\Program Files\Racket\collects\racket\draw\private\bitmap.rkt:841:0: read-bitm
> ap
> C:\Program Files\Racket\collects\drracket\private\drracket-normal.rkt: [running
> body]
> C:\Program Files\Racket\collects\drracket\drracket.rkt: [running body]
>
>
> [Exited. Close box or Ctrl-C closes the console.]
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:00 PM, mulhern <mulhern at cs.wisc.edu> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Running a Mac 10.6.8 and current version of DrRacket won't start on it today.
>>
>> racket runs just fine and also DrRacket v5.0.2.
>>
>> Here's a trace of the problem as best I can get trying to start it from the command line.
>>
>> /Applications/Racket\ v5.2.1/bin/drracket ; exit;
>> read-bitmap: expects type <path-string or input-port> as 1st argument, given: '#(#<procedure:draw-honu> 270 270); other arguments were: 'unknown/alpha #f #t
>>
>>  === context ===
>> /Applications/Racket v5.2.1/collects/racket/draw/private/bitmap.rkt:841:0: read-bitmap
>> /Applications/Racket v5.2.1/collects/drracket/private/drracket-normal.rkt: [running body]
>> /Applications/Racket v5.2.1/collects/drracket/drracket.rkt: [running body]
>>
>> And also a question.
>>
>> What's the best way to report a bug in DrRacket when DrRacket won't start up to give you the handy bug reporting facility it contains?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> - mulhern
>>
>>
>>
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