[R-SIG-Mac] R2.10 vs OSX 10.4.11

[Carl Witthoft]

I confirmed that I'm running OSX 10.4.11, on an Intel iMac (4 yrs old or 
so).  I am using Default FolderX, FinderPop, and Logitech COntrol Center 
Panes.

OK, here's the startup info from the console:

the console says..



*********
R version 2.10.1 (2009-12-14)
Copyright (C) 2009 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
ISBN 3-900051-07-0
[skip dull stuff]

[R.app GUI 1.31 (5538) i386-apple-darwin8.11.1]

[Workspace restored from /Users/carl/Learning/Rgames/.RData]

Rgames: ?assign
starting httpd help server ... done
Rgames:

(where "Rgames" is my prompt.

AFter that,
help window opens, blank, etc.  If I use the "fuzzy match" window  the
package list shows up but nothing writes to lower half of window.

And as you asked, I am behind a firewall at work.  This is not something
I can modify.  So, how do I 'tell'  R not to go looking for online help?
I hope I didn't misunderstand your comment here -- but certainly no 
application should ever depend on an internet connection to function!

If I run help.start(), a page does open in my browser and I can search 
all packages which are on my machine.

But just typing ?assign,  or ? followed by any command from any basic 
package, or any package I've installed manually, will bring up the GUI's 
help window, which is always completely blank.  And I checked: menu 
commands like "select all" are dimmed, which is consistent with an empty 
document window.

I turned off all my Unsanity APE-related stuff, uninstalled 
ApplicationEnhancer, ran Disk Utility (no errors), and rebooted.  I also 
logged into my "emergency account," which I keep clean and unused, and R 
behaved the same way there.

Thanks for helping, and please let me know what other tests I can do to 
try to track down this problem.



Simon Urbanek wrote:
> Carl,

> 
> Argh - please do include the *real* version! It *does* make a huge
> difference! For example 2.10.0 has some help-related bugs (and others
> ;)) that were fixed in 2.10.1 so it is important to distinguish
> exactly which version you have.
> 
> 
>> is working fine on my 10.5.8 OS at home, but the help window was
>> not working on 10.4.11 at work.
> 
> The new help system uses an integrated web server so firewall
> settings may get in your way there. I'm saying this only because you
> mentioned work ;).
> 
> 
>> I will post as much detail as I can acquire in the next day or two.
>> Given that R wasn't crashing, I may not have much to offer other
>> than a list of which packages' help pages show up and which don't.
>> 
> 
> A reproducible example is sufficient ... However, as I said there is
> no difference in the R help system between 10.4 and 10.5 so the
> reason is likely somewhere else (e.g. failure to re-install packages
> after an R upgrade).
> 
> Cheers, Simon
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>> On Jan 12, 2010, at 17:51 , Carl Witthoft wrote:
>>>> Hi, Can someone let me know what should work and what is known
>>>> not to work with the latest R2.10x when installed on Tiger
>>>> (10.4.11)?
>>> No, there is no "R2.10x".
>>>> I did a quick tryout and found that the ? command brings up a
>>>> blank help window.  The help.start() (I think that's the
>>>> command) brings up a R-help window in my web browser, but only
>>>> some items' help pages show up there.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm happy to do some testing or debug work, but just don't want
>>>> to beat myself up against known walls.
>>>> 
>>>> To answer the obvious:  I'm lucky still to have a Mac at work
>>>> at all, so the chances of IT getting me a Leopard upgrade disc
>>>> are zero or less.
>>>> 
>>> R 2.10.1 was released for Mac OS X 10.4.11 and is the last
>>> release. There is no functional difference between the Leopard
>>> and Tiger release (other than the presence/absence of certain
>>> architectures), so upgrading the OS makes no difference in
>>> usability (for now -- there is likely to be no R 2.11.0 binary
>>> for Tiger anymore). If you have any issues, please make sure
>>> you're using R 2.10.1 and you may properly report them. Cheers, 
>>> Simon
>> 
> 
>