[Rd] R-GNOME (PR#1503)

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Thu, 2 May 2002 gonin@genethon.fr wrote:

> Hi R colleagues,
>
> I don't know whether this is a bug, but something weird happen with R-GNOME.
> Version 1.5.0.
> I compiled the stuff under i-686 Linux RH 7.2 using ./configure --with-gnome.
> R can be started with or without the Gnome interface: fine.
> However, when I start with Gnome interface, jpeg and a few other
> things are unavailable (checked using capabilities()), whereas
> everything is available (except Gnome) when I start R without Gnome.

Have you actually tried them?  capabilities() can be wrong, as it only
reports what it is sure about.  For me under RH7.2 jpeg(), png() and X11()
do all work under R --gui=gnome.  (Well, actually gnome has problems with
its dialogs as it makes assumptions about the X11 system in use and I am
not using XFree86.)

I will try to work out a more definitive algorithm for capabilities, but
its main use is to test if checks should be run, so it needs to be
conservative.  And as you note, Gnome is experimental and has a separate
maintainer ....

> Also, some calls seem available with Gnome: system("..") returns nothing.
> Maybe this is related to the experimental nature of the Gnome interface.
> Hope that helps.
> Cheers,
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