[Rd] paths capability FALSE on devel?

Dirk Eddelbuettel edd @end|ng |rom deb|@n@org
Wed Mar 27 12:17:08 CET 2024


On 27 March 2024 at 11:03, Prof Brian Ripley via R-devel wrote:
| On 27/03/2024 10:28, Alexandre Courtiol wrote:
| > Hi all,
| > 
| > I don't know if it is a local issue on my hands or not, but after
| > installing R-devel the output of grDevices::dev.capabilities()$paths is
| > FALSE, while it is TRUE for R 4.3.3.
| > Relatedly, I have issues with plotting paths on devel.
| > 
| > At this stage, I simply would like to know if others running R devel and R
| > 4.3.3 can replicate this behaviour and if there are obvious reasons why the
| > observed change would be expected.
| 
| The help says
| 
|       Query the capabilities of the current graphics device.
| 
| You haven't told us what that was.  See the posting guide for the "at a 
| minimum" information you also did not provide ....

Yes, with that I see

> x11()
> grDevices::dev.capabilities()$paths
[1] TRUE
>
> getRversion()
[1] ‘4.5.0’
>
> R.version
               _                                                 
platform       x86_64-pc-linux-gnu                               
arch           x86_64                                            
os             linux-gnu                                         
system         x86_64, linux-gnu                                 
status         Under development (unstable)                      
major          4                                                 
minor          5.0                                               
year           2024                                              
month          03                                                
day            27                                                
svn rev        86214                                             
language       R                                                 
version.string R Under development (unstable) (2024-03-27 r86214)
nickname       Unsuffered Consequences                           
> 

Dirk

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