[R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me

[Simon Urbanek]

On Dec 8, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Loren Engrav wrote:

> Thank you for the help
>
> Ah so, default is in Preferences and the new is under Misc in the  
> menu bar
> I can do that and will
>
> But might it not be more convenient if on R.app start you went to  
> where you
> were last time, since most often you wish to go to the place you  
> just left
>

Although it would be possible to make that a configurable option, it'd  
definitely not want that. It would make R's behavior sort of random,  
because you would never know where it will start from ... a really bad  
thing (IMHO).
  If you want to work on a specific project, it's much more convenient  
to just drag the directory on R to start it and you can then work on  
multiple projects conveniently and independently.


> As for
>> PS: Please use R-SIG-Mac for Mac-specific questions.
>
> This is appearing in R-SIG-Mac.  What am I missing here?
>

Oops, sorry, my bad, the "To" was showing R-devel for some mysterious  
reason...

Cheers,
Simon


>
>
>> From: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org>
>> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:57:14 -0500
>> To: Loren Engrav <engrav at u.washington.edu>
>> Cc: "r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me
>>
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:37 PM, Loren Engrav wrote:
>>
>>> Using Mac 10.4.11
>>> And sessionInfo() say
>>>
>>>> sessionInfo()
>>> R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26)
>>> powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.1
>>>
>>> locale:
>>> en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>>>
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>>
>>>
>>> Directory is ABC and history is XYZ
>>> So I change directory to FGH and history to QRS
>>> Then I quit R and say save workspace
>>>
>>> Then I start R
>>> And am back to workspace ABC and history XYZ
>>
>> Well, if ABC and XYZ is in home and you didn't change the default
>> settings and started R.app directly then that is exactly as expected.
>>
>>
>>> Would seem I should be at FGH and QRS
>>>
>>
>> Why? That would be quite bad as FGH and QRS have nothing to do with
>> your home. The whole point of changing a directory is usually exactly
>> the fact that you don't want to overwrite the workspace in your home.
>>
>>
>>> What am I missing? Is it staring me in the face and I cannot see it?
>>>
>>
>> I'd say reading 4.3.3 in the R for Mac FAQ may possibly explain  
>> this a
>> bit ...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>>
>> PS: Please use R-SIG-Mac for Mac-specific questions.
>>
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