[R] R commander (Rcmdr) won't start [SOLVED]

[gabriele pallotti]

Dear John,
thank you for your prompt reply. An inexperienced user like me tends to see
the .Rdata folder like the document folder for other programs, and, as one
doesn't have to delete the document folder when updating Libreoffice, tends
to think the same for R.
But let me take the opportunity to express a huge thank you for your work
on Rcmdr. For people like me, who do statistical analyses just a few times
a year, it is a very precious resource, which can also serve as an
introduction to command-line R. As an applied linguist with a background in
semiotics, I would have plenty of reasons to explain why a graphic
interface is such a good thing. As a taxpayer, I appreciate the fact that
it makes us saves money as it allows students and researchers in the
humanities, like me, to do some basic statistics without buying SPSS
licences.
I don't want to open a debate here on the pros and cons of graphical
interfaces. Let me just say you're doing an excellent service to the
community, both with your package and your replies to this forum, which
shows you're a really kind person and deserve all our appreciation.
Best wishes
Gabriele Pallotti (Italy)




Il giorno ven 6 dic 2019 alle ore 22:58 Fox, John <jfox using mcmaster.ca> ha
scritto:

> Dear Gabriele,
>
> I'm glad that you were able to solve your problem. I spent a bit of time
> today updating my R from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and updating all R packages on
> Ubuntu, and, for what is now an obvious reason, I was unable to duplicate
> the problem.
>
> Saving the .Rhistory file is benign but saving the R workspace at the end
> of a session in .RData can be problematic, and not just for the Rcmdr.
> You'll notice that while R makes saving the workspace the default
> (presumably to avoid inadvertent data loss, and in my opinion not a good
> default choice), the Rcmdr doesn't offer to save the R workspace when you
> select "File > Exit > From Commander and R" from the Rcmdr menus.
>
> Best,
>  John
>
>   -----------------------------
>   John Fox, Professor Emeritus
>   McMaster University
>   Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
>   Web: http::/socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox
>
> > On Dec 6, 2019, at 1:38 PM, gabriele pallotti <bolognareggio using gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I managed to get Rcmdr working simply by deleting the .Rdata and
> .Rhistory
> > file from the work directory. It is rather weird, as I thought they only
> > contained data and settings, but probably some of these belonged to the
> > older version of R/Rcmdr and were not compatible with the new version.
> > I'll keep the old data files in a separate folder and try to open them
> as a
> > workspace after launching Rcmdr, but I won't do it now as I need Rcmdr to
> > work in the next days and I don't want to take any risks...
> >
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