Trouble opening File

Paul Kneeland

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Sep 25, 2020, 5:38:12 PM9/25/20

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Hello all,

My partner sent me a racket file to look at (homework)

When I download the file and go to open it, I get this message:

There was an error loading - FUNDIES HW2 Final.rkt.

insert-file in text%: error loading the file (read-editor-global-head-failed)

Why did this happen and how can I fix this? Any advice appreciated.

Robby Findler

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Sep 25, 2020, 5:53:27 PM9/25/20

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That sounds like the file was in the wxme format (i.e. it probably had images in it) and then something got garbled in the file.

If your partner can still open it fine, then probably the simplest thing is for them to compress it and send you the compressed file (e.g. nowadays you can usually right click on a file and select "compress" and you'll get a .zip file out). As them to send the zip file and then see if you can uncompress and then open it.

Robby

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Robby Findler

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Sep 25, 2020, 5:59:02 PM9/25/20

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This may be bad advice. Make sure you and your partner are both using the same version of Racket!

Robby

Robby Findler

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Sep 26, 2020, 8:25:46 AM9/26/20

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I recommend going to the Racket website and following the download link.

https://racket-lang.org/

Robby

On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 1:29 AM Paul Kneeland <kneela...@gmail.com> wrote:

How do you update Raxket?

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On Sep 25, 2020, at 5:58 PM, Robby Findler <ro...@cs.northwestern.edu> wrote:

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