[R-SIG-Mac] Re: aqua/x11/tcl/tk

[James Wettenhall]

Hi Jean,

I'm not a Mac person, just someone with an interest in Tcl/Tk, 
so you'll probably get some more informed answers soon, but...

My understanding is that Aqua Tcl/Tk and X11 Tcl/Tk are not 
compatible and if you combine them, you can get strange errors.  
It looks like you have built R with an Aqua version 
of Tcl/Tk (in /Library/Frameworks/... or wherever), so you may 
run into trouble if you run R from X11 or if use addTclPath() 
with Tcl/Tk directories built with X11/Fink.  You can have a 
look at your Tcl Path from within R, by typing:
library(tcltk)
tclvalue("auto_path")

As mentioned, the /Library/Frameworks/... Tcl/Tk directories 
will be Aqua, and from memory, Fink puts things in /sw/ by 
default...

OK, now I'll let someone more knowledgeable answer your question 
and I'll try to convince my I.T. guys to let me play around with 
installing R and Tcl/Tk on a Mac OSX machine some time to see 
what I can learn... ;-)

Regards,
James