texmacs broken, tm file corrupt

[cah6]

Hi all,

I looked through the previous topics and couldn't find anything close  
to my situation, so here goes:

My computer messed up and I was forced to hard-restart it earlier  
tonight (my file was saved through Dropbox). I saved my texmacs file  
before I did, but since I restarted my computer, whenever I try to  
load up my file, or even texmacs in general, texmacs will just open a  
blank window without toolbars or anything, where the only options are  
to minimize, close, etc.

When I went to my desktop to open the file, the file size was about  
what it should be, but when I opened it it was just a single line of  
grave accents. Since then, I've restarted my computer and reinstalled  
texmacs multiple times, but I keep getting the same problem. I'd like  
to get texmacs up and running, but more than that, it would be great  
if there was some way to somehow retrieve my "corrupt" file, since it  
is due tomorrow night.


Thanks in advance,

Christian Henry


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[Karl Hegbloom-5]

What does the file look like when you open it with a standard text editor?

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[Massimiliano Gubinelli]

Try to remove the .TeXmacs directory in your home folder. Sometimes it gets corrupted and texmacs will not start properly. Otherwise try to run texmacs from the command line and tell us what it says.

in which OS are you working?

best
max



On 3 avr. 2012, at 07:34, cah6@... wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I looked through the previous topics and couldn't find anything close to my situation, so here goes:
>
> My computer messed up and I was forced to hard-restart it earlier tonight (my file was saved through Dropbox). I saved my texmacs file before I did, but since I restarted my computer, whenever I try to load up my file, or even texmacs in general, texmacs will just open a blank window without toolbars or anything, where the only options are to minimize, close, etc.
>
> When I went to my desktop to open the file, the file size was about what it should be, but when I opened it it was just a single line of grave accents. Since then, I've restarted my computer and reinstalled texmacs multiple times, but I keep getting the same problem. I'd like to get texmacs up and running, but more than that, it would be great if there was some way to somehow retrieve my "corrupt" file, since it is due tomorrow night.
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Christian Henry
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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[Alvaro Tejero Cantero-3]

You probably know, but just to be sure:  you can recover versions of
all your files up to 30 days old from Drobpox (right-click on the file
of interest and choose "Previous versions" from the drop-down menu.

-á.



On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 07:51, Gubinelli Massimiliano
<m.gubinelli@...> wrote:

> Try to remove the .TeXmacs directory in your home folder. Sometimes it gets corrupted and texmacs will not start properly. Otherwise try to run texmacs from the command line and tell us what it says.
>
> in which OS are you working?
>
> best
> max
>
>
>
> On 3 avr. 2012, at 07:34, cah6@... wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I looked through the previous topics and couldn't find anything close to my situation, so here goes:
>>
>> My computer messed up and I was forced to hard-restart it earlier tonight (my file was saved through Dropbox). I saved my texmacs file before I did, but since I restarted my computer, whenever I try to load up my file, or even texmacs in general, texmacs will just open a blank window without toolbars or anything, where the only options are to minimize, close, etc.
>>
>> When I went to my desktop to open the file, the file size was about what it should be, but when I opened it it was just a single line of grave accents. Since then, I've restarted my computer and reinstalled texmacs multiple times, but I keep getting the same problem. I'd like to get texmacs up and running, but more than that, it would be great if there was some way to somehow retrieve my "corrupt" file, since it is due tomorrow night.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Christian Henry
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Texmacs-dev@...
>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev
>
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[cah6]

When opened with notepad, the file is completely blank, which makes me  
think it's not going to be very recoverable.

Running texmacs from the command line opens it as if I had started it  
normally, and gives the strange blank window. By the way, I have to go  
to task manager to close said blank window...closing or alt-f4'ing  
doesn't do anything. In addition, in the task manager it says that  
it's using 25% of my cpu power, which I would think is more than  
texmacs would normally use. I'm using Windows.

Which .Texmacs directory are you referring to? Can't find something  
like that in either the texmacs program files folder, or user folders.

That's another strange thing, regarding dropbox. It only has 3 version  
available through prev. versions: the current one, and two from the  
first day I made the file. It sometimes says "updated 10 min. ago" or  
something, but isn't keeping the old version around for me to look at.  
Is there some setting or way to look at -more- previous versions?  
Thanks all for the speedy replies.

Christian Henry


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[Karl Hegbloom-5]

I guess you've just learned the hard way --- Make frequent backups of important files!
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[Massimiliano Gubinelli]

Which version of Windows? There should be a TeXmacs directory in the "Application Data" directory of your home folder. Or something like that. I do not have a Windows machine to check but user specific data of various applications are stored in such a folder (maybe a different name it have). If you localize the one for TeXmacs you can remove it to try a fresh start.

Try to see if you have a .tm~ file which hopefully contains a previous version.

Best
Max



On 3 avr. 2012, at 18:18, cah6@... wrote:

> When opened with notepad, the file is completely blank, which makes me think it's not going to be very recoverable.
>
> Running texmacs from the command line opens it as if I had started it normally, and gives the strange blank window. By the way, I have to go to task manager to close said blank window...closing or alt-f4'ing doesn't do anything. In addition, in the task manager it says that it's using 25% of my cpu power, which I would think is more than texmacs would normally use. I'm using Windows.
>
> Which .Texmacs directory are you referring to? Can't find something like that in either the texmacs program files folder, or user folders.
>
> That's another strange thing, regarding dropbox. It only has 3 version available through prev. versions: the current one, and two from the first day I made the file. It sometimes says "updated 10 min. ago" or something, but isn't keeping the old version around for me to look at. Is there some setting or way to look at -more- previous versions? Thanks all for the speedy replies.
>
> Christian Henry
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Texmacs-dev mailing list
> Texmacs-dev@...
> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/texmacs-dev

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