(PR#7277) Re: [Rd] strange windows behaviour after changing

[Prof Brian Ripley]

I've got a lot further.

1) The problem is due to changing the console font, which the preference 
dialog always did (even if it changed it to a new copy of the same font).

2) It is associated with MDI toolbars, and never happens if they are not
selected.  I found one inconsistency: you (I think) have added pager
toolbar buttons and not added setdata() statements, but that does not fix
it.  I can also trigger it by opening a graphics windows or a script 
window, but I did not succeed with a dataentry window.

It looks like something is wrong with the toolbar code, which Guido wrote
as a GraphApp extension and I have not much understanding of.


On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Duncan Murdoch wrote:

> I still don't see it.  This is strange -- I'm also using XP SP2.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
> On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:55:55 +0200 (CEST), ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
> wrote:
> 
> >I can reproduce this in MDI.  Another clue is that as the pager for 
> >?merge is opened, the font in the console changes.

That happens as the toolbar is changed to that for a pager.

> >The console is still working: commands you type in it are accepted.
> >So the issue appears to be that the font in use has been changed
> >incorrectly (and it seems that the C code thinks it has been changed in 
> >the preferences dialog).
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Duncan Mackay wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> Thanks for your reply. Yes, editing Rconsole worked (problem didn't appear
> >> under MDI with lines=16000) after start-up.
> >> Simply shrinking and restoring the windows didn't restore functionality - my
> >> R console window remained blank and unresponsive (even to Esc's) so I had to
> >> shut down R. I was using the MDI interface and my computer is a Toshiba
> >> Satellite A10 laptop. 
> >> I've just tried editing the Rconsole to switch to SDI, and the problems
> >> didn't appear under SDI. 
> >> Thanks, Duncan
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk] 
> >> Sent: Monday, 11 October 2004 6:04 PM
> >> To: duncan.mackay at flinders.edu.au
> >> Cc: R-bugs at biostat.ku.dk; r-devel at stat.math.ethz.ch
> >> Subject: Re: (PR#7277) Re: [Rd] strange windows behaviour after changing
> >> "lines" GUI setting (PR#7277)
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> >> 
> >> > Doesn't happen for me (on two rather different machines under Windows
> >> > XP SP2).  This looks like a Windows GDI refresh problem.  Does editing 
> >> > the Rconsole file work?  If so, that is a usable workaround. Does 
> >> > minimizing and restoring the windows show the correct contents?
> >> 
> >> One more thing: was this the MDI or SDI interface?  I only tested SDI.
> >> 
> >> > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 duncan.mackay at flinders.edu.au wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > > Full_Name: Duncan Mackay
> >> > > Version: 2.0.0
> >> > > OS: WinXP
> >> > > Submission from: (NULL) (129.96.120.254)
> >> > > 
> >> > > 
> >> > > > version
> >> > >          _              
> >> > > platform i386-pc-mingw32
> >> > > arch     i386           
> >> > > os       mingw32        
> >> > > system   i386, mingw32  
> >> > > status                  
> >> > > major    2              
> >> > > minor    0.0            
> >> > > year     2004           
> >> > > month    10             
> >> > > day      04             
> >> > > language R       
> >> > > 
> >> > > I am running the above version of R under WinXP Service Pack 2.
> >> > > 
> >> > > I have encountered some strange behaviour after changing the "lines"
> >> > > setting in the GUI preferences, as follows:-
> >> > > 
> >> > > "Select Edit/GUI preferences..."
> >> > > Change the "lines" setting from 8000 to 16000
> >> > > Click "Apply" then "OK"
> >> > > Back at the R console, type ?merge
> >> > > 
> >> > > The "R Help on 'merge'" window appears but is blank???????
> >> > > 
> >> > > Click back in the R Console window. Now it goes blank ???????????
> >> > > 
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> >> > > 
> >> > > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> 
> 
> 

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