[R] cycling from x11 window in RCommander to graphics device window: Mac Os 10.6.8

[David Winsemius]

On Jul 28, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Ista Zahn wrote:

> Hi Simon
>
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Simon Kiss <sjkiss at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> I have recently installed R Commander on my Mac OS 10.6.8. I'd like  
>> to use it for an undergraduate class this year.
>> Everything appears to be working fine, except for one thing.  I  
>> cannot use Command-tab to cycle from the X11 window in which  
>> RCommander is running to any other window open in my workspace.   
>> This is particularly important because I cannot cycle to the  
>> graphics device window that is opened when I call a new plot.  If I  
>> force quit the X11 window and Rcommander, R remains running and I  
>> can see the graphics device window and the plot looks fine.

In the Mac GUI, cmd-1 brings up the console window, cmd-3 brings up  
the last auartz window window. Don't know about RCmdr. X11 is its own  
application, so you should be able to cmd-tab to it from an R console  
window. I NEVER close X11() while running R after experiencing crashes  
upon doing so.

And this is probably more appropriate for the MacSIG list. I would  
suggest following up there.

-- 
David.

>
> My Mac days are long behind me, but surely Command-tab is not the only
> way to switch windows! Can't you use the dock, or expose or ...?
>
> A couple of other thoughts. First, check to see if this is specific to
> Rcommander, or if you have the same problem in other X11 applications.
> Second, you might have better luck on the R-sig-mac mailing list.
>
> Best,
> Ista
>
>> But as you can imagine, this is quite laborious, having to restart.
>> I've looked through the help documentation and tried reinstalling  
>> tcltk prior to opening up Rcommander, but that does not address the  
>> problem.
>> Any thoughts?
>> Yours, Simon Kiss
>> *********************************
>> Simon J. Kiss, PhD
>> Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
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>
> -- 
> Ista Zahn
> Graduate student
> University of Rochester
> Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
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David Winsemius, MD
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