Sorry for the confusion. What I described is only for R in Windows.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:51 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius@comcast.net>wrote:

> If you are like many users of the Mac, the R GUI called R.app in your
> Applications Folder will be the way you start R. If that is the case for
> you, then you should change the console font size settings in the GUI menu
> with Format::Font::Bigger.
>
> As far as I can see on my Mac there is no Rconsole file (or ~/etc folder
> for that matter). The only such file that shows up on a search is on an old
> file left over from the days when I was using R on Windows.
>
> If you want packages loaded at the time of startup you will need to create
> an .Rprofile file. That is going to require that you get your editor to
> create a system file (i.e., one that starts with a period), which means in
> Terminal that you would need to uncheck a couple of defaults. See the R for
> Mac OS X FAQ which should be available within the GUI.
>
> Further questions of this sort should go to the R-SIG-Mac mailing list:
>
> r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch
>
>
> --
> David Winsemius
>
>
> On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:29 AM, Oliver wrote:
>
>  I don't see where I can find this 'Rconsole' file on Mac.
>> The closest I can get to is /Library/Frameworks/R.Framework/etc ...
>> but then there is no such file. A bit more clarification would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Oliver
>>
>> On Mar 8, 8:25 pm, Jun Shen <jun.shen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Oliver,
>>>
>>> Go and find the file named 'Rconsole' under ~/etc folder, then you can
>>> change whatever you want, the font size, color etc. The settings will be
>>> your default.
>>>
>>> For your second question, you need to set it up in Rprofile.site. Refer
>>> to
>>> the Rprofile help.
>>>
>>> Jun
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Oliver <fwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hi, all
>>>>
>>>
>>>  I have two questions on using R console effectively (this is on Mac,
>>>> not sure if it applies to win platform):
>>>>
>>>
>>>  First, I'd like to make the console font bigger, the default is too
>>>> small for my screen. There is a "Show Fonts" from Format menu where
>>>> you can adjust it, but it seems only for current session. Next time I
>>>> start R, I have to redo everything. My question is, is there any way
>>>> to save the preference?
>>>>
>>>
>>>  Second, Package Manager show available packages, and you can click
>>>> "loaded" to load it. Again, it is only for current session, how can I
>>>> make my selection permanent?
>>>>
>>>
>>>  Thanks for help.
>>>>
>>>
>>>  Oliver
>>>>
>>>
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