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

[Graham Smith]

Ah, thanks again, that will have saved me chasing around for X11,
should I go back to using Emacs.

Graham

On 14/08/07, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org> wrote:
>
> 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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