[R-SIG-Mac]RAqua

[Byron Ellis]

It works after I added the executable bit to the R.fix script (I had 
already done so to the AquaInstall script)

On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 05:48 AM, Stefano Iacus wrote:

> This is rather strange.
> Did you use the AquaInstall script?
> You can't simply run it from R-devel/bin
>
> stefano
>
> On Domenica, settembre 8, 2002, at 02:01 , Byron Ellis wrote:
>
>> Perhaps not, I got the same result using 10.1.5 (I *want* to upgrade 
>> but haven't yet ;-)) and the codebase from earlier today (around 1pm 
>> EST)
>>
>> On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 06:59 PM, Jan de Leeuw wrote:
>>
>>> 1. In Jaguar /bin/sh is a link to /bin/bash, no longer to /bin/zsh. 
>>> This
>>> gives problems with some scripts.
>>>
>>> 2. The recommended startup procedure does not work. Adding
>>> --gui-aqua starts R in the terminal, but does not arrive at
>>> a prompt. This may be related to (1).
>>>
>>> On Saturday, September 7, 2002, at 05:33 AM, Stefano Iacus wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have now finished to write a (prototype) Aqua module for Darwin R.
>>>>
>>>> All that you need is now in today's CVS repository of R-devel. You  
>>>> should also wait tomorrow and download the daily R-devel snapshots > 
>>>> from
>>>>
>>>> ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/
>>>>
>>>> because R-devel_2002-09-06.tar.gz does not contain some scripts.
>>>>
>>>> You'll find instructions on how to build, install and launch this  
>>>> still experimental version of RAqua that allows the interaction 
>>>> with  the new Quartz  device "quartz()" and the workspace browser  
>>>> "browseEnv(html=FALSE)".
>>>>
>>>> The instructions can be found inside
>>>>
>>>> src/modules/aqua/AquaReadMe.txt
>>>>
>>>> but essentially there are three steps
>>>>
>>>> 1) configure and build
>>>>
>>>> ./configure --with-aqua --without-x
>>>> make
>>>>
>>>> (I'm not sure it --without-x is necessary)
>>>>
>>>> 2) to install "RAqua" in the Applications folder just execute one 
>>>> time
>>>>
>>>> ./AquaInstall
>>>>
>>>> from inside src/modules/aqua directory
>>>>
>>>> 3) to launch "RAqua" type, from anywhere
>>>>
>>>> sh /Applications/RAqua.app/Contents/MacOS/R --gui-aqua
>>>>
>>>> Even if you see the RAqua application in the Applications folder, 
>>>> is  useless to double click on it.
>>>>
>>>> Building is based on fink stuff, so if you are able to build 
>>>> previous  versions of Darwin R you should be able to build this one 
>>>> as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I do not have Jaguar yet (probably next week, but it will be too  
>>>> late), so if any of you can try to build and run this under Jaguar  
>>>> I'll be pleased.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> General remarks: I released the code in order to stimulate  
>>>> contributions from other Darwin R developers. In particular, at  
>>>> moment, the R Console is necessary to have a working event manager  
>>>> (i.e. responses from the graphic device and other windows).
>>>>
>>>> In the future, as R process event suite is going to change, I can  
>>>> hopefully avoid the use of such R Console and use a standard shell 
>>>> but  I'm also thinking of some other trick for the meanwhile.
>>>>
>>>> RAqua it still marked as "experimental" so don't expect too much.
>>>>
>>>> Stefano
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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