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

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 07/07/2008 11:46 PM, Jan de Leeuw wrote:
> in src/ext/FTVectorizer.cpp lines 8-9 change
> 
> #ifdef __APPLE_CC__
>      typedef GLvoid (*GLUTesselatorFunction)(...);
> 
> to
> 
> #ifdef __APPLE_CC__
>      typedef GLvoid (*GLUTesselatorFunction)();
> 
> then rgl compiles on OS X (using g++-4.0, even with FTGL)

I believe the first line is needed in 10.4.  Is there a conditional to 
select just that version?

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> -- Jan
> 
> On Jul 7, 2008, at 18:29 , Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> 
>> 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
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