[R-SIG-Mac] making R64 the default gui

[David Winsemius]

On Feb 7, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Airey, David C wrote:

> I did rebuild the launch services using:
>
> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/ 
> Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister - 
> kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user
>
> but unlike you I get the same response to trying to change things  
> with the Get Info dialog--it always reverts to R.app rather than  
> R64.app.

Did you remove the other R.GUIs from the Applications folder before  
you did that? I moved them out before rebuilding and then moved them  
back in afterward.

-- 
David.


>
> I note that the com.apple.launchservices.plist file reads:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd 
> ">
> <plist version="1.0">
> <dict>
> 	<key>LSHandlers</key>
> 	<array>
> 		<dict>
> 			<key>LSHandlerContentType</key>
> 			<string>com.apple.rez-source</string>
> 			<key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
> 			<string>org.r-project.r</string>
> 		</dict>
> 	</array>
> </dict>
> </plist>
>
>
> On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:15 PM, David Winsemius wrote:
>
>>
>> On Feb 7, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Airey, David C wrote:
>>
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> I have a bit more RAM now and want to make R64 the default GUI.
>>>
>>> What is the best way to do this?
>>
>> I usually dragged my files to the Dock icon.
>>
>>>
>>> The simplest way outside the terminal is to get info on a file and
>>> make an application the default for a particular extension, like .r
>>> or .rdata, etc. But for some reason this doesn't work with the R.app
>>> and R64.app distributed. R64 doesn't stick, and reverts to R in the
>>> Get Info window.
>>>
>>> Can someone (1) explain this behavior, and (2) provide alternative
>>> instructions?
>>
>> I can reproduce the problem in the sense that I changed the file
>> association for .r files to R64.app and it keeps going back to R.app.
>> I think it will require editing the file associations database. I
>> wasn't sure how to do that but here's a link to some ideas about  
>> using
>> lsregister. It may be a bit out of date since it appears to have been
>> applied to OSX 10.3.
>>
>> I got what appear to be favorable results by:
>>
>> a) moving all the old and undesired R_x.app GUI's out of the
>> Applications folder and ...
>> b) running this script from the Apple Script editor:
>>
>> (*
>> rebuildLaunchServicesDB.scpt
>> Locates the lsregister command regardless of OS version, then tells  
>> it
>> to rebuild the Launch Services Database for all applications in the
>> canonical Applications folder
>> Paul Henegan
>> bleulyon at mac.com
>> 20.Aug.2008
>> *)
>>
>> set theCommand to (do shell script "locate lsregister")
>> set theArguments to " -kill -r -f -domain local -domain system - 
>> domain
>> user"
>> set thePath to " /Applications"--edit this as needed
>> set theScript to theCommand & theArguments & thePath
>> do shell script theScript
>>
>> -------end script-----------
>>
>> The R64 assignment seems to be "sticking."
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> -Dave
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>>
>> David Winsemius, MD
>> Heritage Laboratories
>> West Hartford, CT
>>
>

David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT