[R-SIG-Mac] X11 and R - very beginners question

[Simon Urbanek]

On Aug 14, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Matthew Keller wrote:

> I would just add that if you run R from within Emacs on a mac  
> (Aquamacs or Carbon or one of the others), it's handy to have X11  
> installed & started in order to have graphics windows.

Just as a side note, since CarbonEL you don't have to do it anymore  
as you can use the native graphics (also see the relevant posts).  
Nevertheless, I believe ESS/X11 usage it is still more of a religious  
issue ;).

Cheers,
Simon


> There are several threads on the r-sig-mac that go over how to get  
> this working...
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> On 8/14/07, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org> wrote:
>> Graham,
>>
>> X11 is a window system used for applications that come from the unix
>> world and have not been ported to Mac OS X window system (Aqua) yet.
>> There is a handful of packages in R that require it (e.g. tcltk,
>> RGtk2 and friends), as well as some R bitmap output routines (png,
>> jpeg..) and the X11 R device (unsurprisingly). You don't have to use
>> any of those (there are better options e.g. for the bitmap output),
>> but if you do, you have to start X11.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>
>>
>> On Aug 14, 2007, at 7:15 AM, Graham Smith wrote:
>>
>>> I am brand new to the Mac, and wondered what exactly X11, does.
>>>
>>> The faq says it is optional, but equally, it seems important enough
>>> for it
>>> to have an icon in the r-Console.
>>>
>>> Having been using R in Windows, X11 is a completely new concept to
>>> me and
>>> wondered if someone could explain its purpose.
>>>
>>> I understand roughly what it is from googling, but can't make the
>>> link with
>>> it purpose in R on the Mac.
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>>
>>> Graham
>>>
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> Matthew C Keller
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