[R-SIG-Mac] Screen device under macOS X

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Wed, 5 Oct 2011, Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:

> This has everything to do with your configuration.  I don't know why R
> does not do this out of the box when build with quartz support, but I

It does for me, using either the CRAN build or my own build.
See the code in src/library/grDevices/R/zzz.R

My guess is that you have the DISPLAY environment variable set, or set 
incorrectly.

> know you can change it by, for example,
>   Sys.setenv("R_INTERACTIVE_DEVICE" = "quartz")
> in your .Rprofile
>
> Kasper
>
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:31 PM, John Maindonald
> <john.maindonald at anu.edu.au> wrote:
>> When I start up R (or at least 64-bit R) from the command line
>> or from ESS, and plot a graph without first opening a graphics
>> screen window, I get an X11 window.
>>
>> If I type capabilities(), I get:
>>
>>> capabilities()
>>    jpeg      png     tiff    tcltk      X11     aqua http/ftp  sockets
>>    TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>>  libxml     fifo   cledit    iconv      NLS  profmem    cairo
>>    TRUE     TRUE    FALSE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE     TRUE
>>
>> Given that "aqua" is available, why do I not get a quartz window?
>> (I can of course open such a window.)
>>
>>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 2.13.2 (2011-09-30)
>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] C
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>>
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] lattice_0.19-33
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] grid_2.13.2  tools_2.13.2
>>
>> John Maindonald             email: john.maindonald at anu.edu.au
>> phone : +61 2 (6125)3473    fax  : +61 2(6125)5549
>> Centre for Mathematics & Its Applications, Room 1194,
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>> Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200.
>> http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm
>>
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