TeXmacs infinite loop crash

[Valeria]

Im using texmacs on macOS Monterey. It was working fine but then it crashed once and after that it never opened again, crashing again and again. I tried to unistall it and install it again but I keep getting this error

[pireddag]

Mac users mighy help you better, but please try to delete the user directory .texmacs, which is not overwritten by a reinstallation (on linux it is ~/.texmacs, if it is not that on MacOS hopefully someone will tell you where it is).

[jeroen]

Be careful, deleting the ~/.TeXmacs folder also means you loose any customizations you may have made.

It’s probably another case of ~/.TeXmac s/system/interactive.scm being corrupted. It would be useful if you post that file somewhere.

TexMacs falling into infinite crash loop

I am using TexMacs in MacOS BigSur. After using TexMacs for a couple of times, it will start crashing and getting this error message: [52%20PM] No matter how many times I click re-open, it keeps crashing and getting the same error message. It will only start working again if I delete all the files in the “systems” folder in .TexMacs.

[re4zuaFe]

Be careful, deleting the ~/.TeXmacs folder also means you loose any customizations you may have made.

The correct way to remove (rm) files and/or directories to diagnose is to move (mv -i), and it is in general better to keep a backup.

[mgubi]

Yes, usually it is enough to move away that directory via

mv ~/.TeXmacs ~/dot-TeXmacs-dir-faulty

or the like.