[R-SIG-Mac] rgl.open does not work

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 07/07/2008 11:15 AM, Christoph Hofer wrote:
> Dear Mac-R-users
> 
> I installed the rgl package via the R-GUI installation menu as a  
> binary (version 0.79).
> I use the R- 2.7.1 and i run it on a intel Mac (Leopard 10.5.4).
> 
> The command rgl.open() gives me the following error:
> 
> error in rgl.open() : Cannot create font, error code: 1
> 
> Any suggestion to solve my problem?

Another suggestion:

Don't use rgl.open, use open3d.  But before you do that, try

r3dDefaults$useFreeType <- FALSE

I don't know how to get FTGL/Freetype to run properly on MacOSX, but 
this avoids trying.

Duncan Murdoch