[R-SIG-Mac] .First() function not being executed on R.app startup

[Steven McKinney]

Hi all,

I've set up a .First function to run help.start()
but when I invoke R.app the .First function is not
apparently executed.  I've checked preferences and
documentation but can not find any indication that
.First() should not be executed.

Is this a bug in R.app, or have I missed something
about how to get .First() to be invoked when
I run R.app?  I include session information below.
When I invoke R from a terminal shell, help.start()
is executed and a browser window does pop up, but
not when I invoke R from R.app.

Any information appreciated.

Best

Steve McKinney


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> ls(all=TRUE)
[1] ".First"    ".required"
> .First
function(){utils::help.start()}
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26) 
powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.1 

locale:
en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8/C/en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
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