drracket: disabling tools in edit -> preferences -> tools
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Description
I opened DrRacket (on a Windows system) and disabled some tools in preference -> tools. On restart, I got a dialog with title DrRacket Internal Error saying
preferences:get: tired to get a preference but not default set for 'test-engine:enable?'.
Pressing okay on the dialog window, just closed it. A black-console window stayed open, but DrRacket wouldn't start. I opened racket-prefs.rktd and removed the line
(((lib "test-engine") ("test-tool.scm")) skip)
and restarted it. It came back alive. I then disabled all tools and restarted. That worked. So maybe I disabled a tool that another one needed.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the Windows restart failure after disabling tools, then inspect the test-engine:enable? preference and the saved entry in racket-prefs.rktd. Compare this with the working case where all tools are disabled. Done means disabling a tool does not leave DrRacket unable to start or require manually editing the preferences file.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100