[R-SIG-Mac] [R] quartz() on MAC OSX

[Simon Urbanek]

On May 22, 2007, at 10:53 AM, hadley wickham wrote:

> On 5/22/07, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org> wrote:
>>
>> On May 22, 2007, at 6:53 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>>
>> > hadley wickham wrote:
>> >> On 5/22/07, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On 21/05/2007 6:03 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 22/5/07 6:48 AM, "hadley wickham" <h.wickham at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi Rolf,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Two possible solutions:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>  * DISPLAY=0.0.0.0:0 R - and then X11() should work without
>> >>>>> having to use
>> >>>>> xterm
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>  * install.packages("CarbonEL"); library(CarbonEL); quartz()
>> >>>>>
>> >>>> It is clear that life is determined to frustrate me.  I had a
>> >>>> look at CRAN
>> >>>> just now and could find no sign of a package called "CarbonEL".
>> >>>> The list
>> >>>> jumps from "car" to "cat" --- no "Carbon" of any flavour.  What
>> >>>> gives?
>> >>>>
>> >>> I think the Mac page on CRAN points to something obsolete.  From
>> >>> the R
>> >>> GUI, CarbonEL is visible.  You can also find the source on
>> >>> SourceForge
>> >>> using Google.
>> >>>
>> >>> However, it didn't work for me:  I still get the "interactivity
>> >>> reduced"
>> >>> message, and when I try to plot something, just an error
>> >>> "CGGSStackRestore:  gstack underflow."
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >> I get those messages too, but the plot actually works for me.   
>> Does
>> >> the quartz window open for you?  Can you interact with it?   
>> (move it,
>> >> change the size etc).
>> >>
>> > (Moved from R-help.)
>> >
>> > I took a closer look:  I actually did get the window (hidden  
>> under my
>> > terminal window), and
>> > interactivity worked partially:  I could use identify, for
>> > example.  But
>> > when I clicked on the red close
>> > button on the graphics window, it kicked me right out of R:
>> >
>> >> library(CarbonEL)
>> >> plot(1:10,1:10)
>> >> quartz()
>> > Warning message:
>> > quartz() device interactivity reduced without an event loop manager
>> > in:
>> > quartz()
>> >> plot(1:10,1:10)
>> > CGGStackRestore: gstack underflow.
>> >> identify(1:10,1:10)
>> >
>> > [Worked fine, then I clicked on the red button...]
>> >
>>
>> Not a good idea ;) The window closes and the poor locator has no
>> window to wait for clicks so it feels lonely and crashes R out of
>> boredom... ;)
>> Should be fixed now.
>
> Thanks Simon - I still get
>
>> plot(1:10)
> CGGStackRestore: gstack underflow.
>
> whenever I plot anything.
>

Which version do you use? It's fixed in 41666.

Cheers,
Simon