[R] quartz() on MAC OSX

[hadley wickham]

On 5/22/07, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
> On 21/05/2007 6:03 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 22/5/07 6:48 AM, "hadley wickham" <h.wickham at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Rolf,
> >>
> >> Two possible solutions:
> >>
> >>  * DISPLAY=0.0.0.0:0 R - and then X11() should work without having to use
> >> xterm
> >>
> >>  * install.packages("CarbonEL"); library(CarbonEL); quartz()
> >
> > It is clear that life is determined to frustrate me.  I had a look at CRAN
> > just now and could find no sign of a package called "CarbonEL".  The list
> > jumps from "car" to "cat" --- no "Carbon" of any flavour.  What gives?
>
> I think the Mac page on CRAN points to something obsolete.  From the R
> GUI, CarbonEL is visible.  You can also find the source on SourceForge
> using Google.
>
> However, it didn't work for me:  I still get the "interactivity reduced"
> message, and when I try to plot something, just an error
> "CGGSStackRestore:  gstack underflow."

I get those messages too, but the plot actually works for me.  Does
the quartz window open for you?  Can you interact with it?  (move it,
change the size etc).

Hopefully Simon will chime in soon and offer some advice from an expert...

Hadley