[R-SIG-Mac] Use of .FIrst() in R.app
Simon Urbanek
simon.urbanek at r-project.org
Fri Oct 17 17:26:03 CEST 2008
On Oct 17, 2008, at 10:34 , Jonsen, Ian wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having problems using .First() with R.app (v 2.7.2 under OS X
> 10.5.5);
> .First appears to be ignored on startup. I would expect .First to be
> executes as it resides in .RData. .First() does work in the command-
> line
> version of R under Mac OS X but my specific task requires R.app. I
> can find
> no reference to this issue in the Mac OS X FAQ or in other manuals,
> does
> anyone have a solution for this?
>
Yes, it was an oversight which should be now fixed. Please try R.app
from SVN or wait for tonight's build.
Thanks,
Simon
> B. Ripley suggested that .First may not exist or does not work in
> R.app, but
> this is not the case as typing .First() in R.app produces the expected
> result.
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Ian Jonsen
>
> Research Scientist
> Population Ecology Division
> Bedford Institute of Oceanography
> Fisheries and Oceans Canada
> Box 1006, 1 Challenger Drive
> Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4A2 CANADA
>
> 1.902.426.9760
> jonseni at dfo-mpo.gc.ca
> http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~jonsen
>
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