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

[Kasper Daniel Hansen]

I am on Snow Leopard.  As Brian mentions, my DISPLAY variable is set
(to echo $DISPLAY
/tmp/launch-SN2m7Z/org.x:0
), but this is not something I do myself.  I have always thought that
on (newer) OS X, DISPLAY got set automatically.  Not too infrequently
do I use X11 on a remote server and I always login with ssh -Y.

Kasper

On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:35 AM, Simon Urbanek
<simon.urbanek at r-project.org> wrote:
> Are you on Lion? (You failed to mention that crucial detail)
> If so, R cannot detect window session on Lion (the OS says there is none even if there is one) so it must assume that you are using ssh or other tunneling, so if falls back to whatever other device it can use.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
>
> On Oct 5, 2011, at 9:31 PM, John Maindonald 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,
>> John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (Building 27)
>> Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200.
>> http://www.maths.anu.edu.au/~johnm
>>
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