[R-SIG-Mac] Spinning wheel when running script

[Simon Urbanek]

On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:32 AM, Rick Johnson wrote:

> Hello,
> I am new to Mac OS having moved off Windows PCs, and I am struggling to figure out how to use R project on the Mac. Often when I enter script into the console, R goes off into a never ending „Not responding‰ state ˆ the spinning wheel symbol shows.
> My usual pattern is that I develop R script in the editor, and then copy the lines I want to run, and paste them into the R Console window. On Mac it sometimes works and other times leads to the spinning wheel. I also have tried using the CMD-Return combination to run the lines with the same results. 


Spinning wheel means that R has entered C code that is not interruptible. It's no different from the Windows version except that Windows GUI doesn't even have the indicator.

If you are running a script (interpreted code), you can interrupt it with <Esc> or the Stop button and there is no spinning wheel.

Cheers,
Simon


> Is there a different recommended way to develop, test, and run scripts on the Mac version?
> Is the latest Mac OS release a beta release; should I be using an older version?
> Thanks for any advice on how to proceed.
> Rick Johnson
> 
> My software:
> Mac OS X, 10.6.8
> R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
> [R.app GUI 1.41 (5874) x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0]
> 
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