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

[John Maindonald]

Thanks.

Indeed I missed the dot.  It might be good to have an
example that specifies the directory path.

John Maindonald             email: john.maindonald at anu.edu.au
phone : +61 2 (6125)3473    fax  : +61 2(6125)5549
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Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200.


On 9 Dec 2007, at 1:39 PM, James Reilly wrote:

>
> I think you missed the dot at the end, that's all. You want:
> open -a R .
>
> James
> --  
> James Reilly
> Department of Statistics, University of Auckland
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>
> On 9/12/07 2:13 PM, John Maindonald wrote:
>> I notice that 4.3.3 says"
>>
>> "Finally it is possible to use a specific directory for a single
>> R session by dragging a folder onto the R.app icon. If R.app
>> is not runnig, this will cause R.app to be started in the
>> directory corresponding to the folder dragged. The same
>> can be achieved on the command line - for example
>> open -a R . causes R.app to be started using the current
>> directory as the startup working directory."
>>
>> The final statement seems incorrect, at all events without
>> some further pre-conditions:
>>
>> At the terminal:
>>
>>  ch2$ pwd
>>  /Users/johnm/r/ch2
>>  ch2$ ls -lt .RData
>>  -rw-r--r--  1 johnm  johnm  2980  9 Dec 11:31 .RData
>>  ch2$ open -a R
>>
>> At the R console that is started:
>>
>>> getwd()
>>  [1] "/Users/johnm/r"
>>> sessionInfo()
>>  R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26)
>>  i386-apple-darwin8.10.1
>>
>>  locale:
>>  en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/C/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8
>>
>>  attached base packages:
>>  [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>> Incidentally is making copies of R.app an appropriate way to
>> allow multiple simultaneous sessions of the R Gui? Or is there
>> some more direct way to achieve this?
>>
>> John Maindonald.
>>
>> John Maindonald             email: john.maindonald at anu.edu.au
>> phone : +61 2 (6125)3473    fax  : +61 2(6125)5549
>> Centre for Mathematics & Its Applications, Room 1194,
>> John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (Building 27)
>> Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200.
>>
>>
>> On 9 Dec 2007, at 10:57 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>
>>> 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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