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

[Simon Urbanek]

On Dec 9, 2007, at 12:03 AM, Loren Engrav wrote:

> I understand, and can work with this
>
> But then R in the Mac dock is not of much value as it always goes  
> "home"; no matter what you were working on last
>

The purpose of the dock is to get quick access to the application -  
that has no "value" in terms of which workspace you want to start -  
it's still up to you, not the dock. What I was talking about was R in  
the dock, so I don't see the connection.

Anyway, as I said earlier, I think that changing the working directory  
on startup to some random path without user having a say in this is a  
really bad idea and I think a lot of users would find it disturbing.

Cheers,
Simon


>
>> From: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org>
>> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 23:08:34 -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 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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