[R-SIG-Mac] getting history() to work

David david.b.a.epstein at googlemail.com
Thu Apr 8 10:56:14 CEST 2010


When I type history() to the R console, I get a new window that is
always blank. How can I get history() working?

Here are the details of my set-up. In the plist, a number of keys were
listed that looked like passwords. Because I didn't understand the
security implications (almost certainly non-existent), I mangled
these.

Mac Os X 10.4.11 (upgrading to Leopard as soon as I get some free
time)
PowerPC G4

response to typing 'version' to R console
platform       powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.1
arch           powerpc
os             darwin8.11.1
system         powerpc, darwin8.11.1
status
major          2
minor          8.0
year           2008
month          10
day            20
svn rev        46754
language       R
version.string R version 2.8.0 (2008-10-20)

About R:
R.app GUI 1.26 (5256), S.Urbanek & S.M.Iacus, © R Foundation for
Statistical Computing, 2008

Open R. getwd(). Close R. Remove .Rhistory, using shell command. Open
R. Type a few commands. Close R. No file called .Rhistory.

Response to Sys.getenv()
 AWK
                                                           "awk"
                                                         CVS_RSH
                                                           "ssh"
                                                         DISPLAY
                                                            ":0"
                                                          EDITOR
                                                            "vi"
                                                           EGREP
                                              "/usr/bin/grep -E"
                                                            HOME
                                                   "/Users/dbae"
                                                            LANG
                                                   "en_GB.UTF-8"
                                                            LN_S
                                                         "ln -s"
                                                            MAKE
                                                          "make"
                                                              MY
                                 "/Users/dbae/Documents/_MyData"
                                                           PAGER
                                                 "/usr/bin/less"
                                                            PATH
                  "/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin"
                                                            PERL
                                                 "/usr/bin/perl"
                                                          R_ARCH
                                                          "/ppc"
                                                       R_BROWSER
                                                 "/usr/bin/open"
                                                       R_DOC_DIR
    "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources/doc"
                                                      R_DVIPSCMD
                                                         "false"
                                              R_GUI_APP_REVISION
                                                          "5256"
                                               R_GUI_APP_VERSION
                                                          "1.26"
                                                      R_HISTFILE
                                               "$HOME/.Rhistory"
                                                      R_HISTSIZE
                                                          "1000"
                                                          R_HOME
        "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources"
                                                   R_INCLUDE_DIR
"/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources/include"
                                                      R_LATEXCMD
                                                         "false"
                                                          R_LIBS
                          "$HOME/lib/R:/usr/local/lib/R-contrib"
                                                     R_LIBS_SITE
                                                              ""
                                                     R_LIBS_USER
                                       "~/Library/R/2.8/library"
                                                  R_MAKEINDEXCMD
                                                         "false"
                                                     R_PAPERSIZE
                                                            "a4"
                                                     R_PDFVIEWER
                                                 "/usr/bin/open"
                                                      R_PLATFORM
                                    "powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.1"
                                                      R_PRINTCMD
                                                           "lpr"
                                                        R_RD4DVI
                                                            "ae"
                                                        R_RD4PDF
                                                   "times,hyper"
                                                R_SESSION_TMPDIR
                                               "/tmp/RtmpudXUd0"
                                                     R_SHARE_DIR
  "/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.8/Resources/share"
                                                      R_UNZIPCMD
                                                "/usr/bin/unzip"
                                              R_USE_AQUA_SUBDIRS
                                                           "yes"
                                                        R_ZIPCMD
                                                  "/usr/bin/zip"
                                               SECURITYSESSIONID
                                                        "a0da50"
                                                             SED
                                                  "/usr/bin/sed"
                                                           SHELL
                                                     "/bin/tcsh"
                                                   SSH_AUTH_SOCK
                                   "/tmp/502/SSHKeychain.socket"
                                                             TAR
                                                           "tar"
                                                            USER
                                                          "dbae"
                   _GOOGLE_GILD_RUNTIME_FRAMEWORK_ABSOLUTE_PATH_
                     "/Library/Google/Frameworks/Gild.framework"
                                         __CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING
                                                     "0x1F6:0:0"
>




Property List Dump
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
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	<key>Append RAqua libs to R_LIBS</key>
	<string>NO</string>
	<key>Background Color</key>
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	ZgEBhg==
	</data>
	<key>Cleanup history entries</key>
	<string>YES</string>
	<key>Disable R signal handlers</key>
	<string>NO</string>
	<key>DocHelpSearch</key>
	<array>
		<string>gantt</string>
	</array>
	<key>Edit or source in file</key>
	<string>YES</string>
	<key>Enable line wrapping if TRUE</key>
	<string>YES</string>
	<key>Enforce initial wd on startup</key>
	<string>NO</string>
	<key>External Editor Name</key>
	<string>TextEdit</string>
	<key>Highlight interval</key>
	<string>0.30</string>
	<key>History file path used for R type history files</key>
	<string>.Rhistory</string>
	<key>Import history file on startup if TRUE</key>
	<string>YES</string>
	<key>Input Color</key>
	<data>
	BAt0eXBlZHN0cmVhbYED6IQBQISEhAdOU0NvbG9yAISECE5TT2JqZWN0AIWEAWMBhARm
	ZmZmAAABAYY=
	</data>
	<key>Is it a .app or a command</key>
	<string>YES</string>
	<key>Line fragment padding in editor</key>
	<string>6.0</string>
	<key>Line number gutter width</key>
	<string>16.0</string>
	<key>Max number of history entries</key>
	<string>250</string>
	<key>NSNavBrowserPreferedColumnContentWidth</key>
	<real>186</real>
	<key>NSNavLastCurrentDirectory</key>
	<string>~/Documents/_MyData/bio/OurGroup/Luxian/
comparisonComputerHuman</string>
	<key>NSNavLastRootDirectory</key>
	<string>~/Documents/_MyData</string>
	<key>NSNavPanelExpandedSizeForOpenMode</key>
	<string>{520, 401}</string>
	<key>NSNavPanelExpandedSizeForSaveMode</key>
	<string>{519, 401}</string>
	<key>NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode</key>
	<true/>
	<key>NSRecentDocumentRecords</key>
	<array>
		<dict>
			<key>_NSLocator</key>
			<dict>
				<key>_NSAlias</key>
				<data>
				AAAAAAFcAAIAAAZUb3R0aWUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
				YzA2ZGFjOAAAEwABLwD//wAA
				</data>
			</dict>
		</dict>
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			<dict>
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				</data>
			</dict>
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		<dict>
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			</dict>
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			<dict>
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			<dict>
				<key>_NSAlias</key>
				<data>
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				NzgyABMAAS8A//8AAA==
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			</dict>
		</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>_NSLocator</key>
			<dict>
				<key>_NSAlias</key>
				<data>
				AAAAAAFcAAIAAAZUb3R0aWUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
				MGI3YWNkOQAAEwABLwD//wAA
				</data>
			</dict>
		</dict>
		<dict>
			<key>_NSLocator</key>
			<dict>
				<key>_NSAlias</key>
				<data>
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				NDMxYjc4MgAAEwABLwD//wAA
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				MGI3YWNkOQAAEwABLwD//wAA
				</data>
			</dict>
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		<dict>
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			<dict>
				<key>_NSAlias</key>
				<data>
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				YjUwYzJhAAATAAEvAP//AAA=
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		<key>TB Icon Size Mode</key>
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		<integer>1</integer>
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		<array>
			<string>Interrupt Computation Item Identifier</string>
			<string>Source/Load R Code Identifier</string>
			<string>New Quartz Device Item Identifier</string>
			<string>X11 Item Identifier</string>
			<string>NSToolbarSeparatorItem</string>
			<string>Authentication Item Identifier</string>
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			<string>SetColors Item Identifier</string>
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			<string>New Edit Window Item Identifier</string>
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