[R-SIG-Mac] Using the Aqua Tcl/Tk theme by default on Mac OS

[John Fox]

Dear Simon,

As you know, I have an interest in Tcl/Tk as developer of the Rcmdr package.
It would be nice if use of R Tcl/Tk applications could be made as convenient
and aesthetically pleasing for Mac users as for Windows users.

Thanks,
 John

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-sig-mac-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-sig-mac-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Simon Urbanek
> Sent: September-23-11 10:10 AM
> To: Milan Bouchet-Valat
> Cc: r-sig-mac at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Using the Aqua Tcl/Tk theme by default on Mac OS
> 
> 
> On Sep 23, 2011, at 6:12 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:
> 
> > Le vendredi 23 septembre 2011 à 10:55 +0100, Prof Brian Ripley a écrit :
> >> Why not?  It's easy on Mac OS X (as easy as on Linux).
> > "As easy as on Linux" means "much too hard" for my intended audience.
> > :-)
> >
> > I'm creating a Rcmdr plugin that I'd like people to install without
> > typing more than two lines of code, and if possible none at all. But I
> > don't care that much about the look of the GUI, that would only be a
> > nice improvement.
> >
> >> You are welcome to contribute a fix.  Simon will no doubt chip in
> >> with more details.
> > I'll see what I can do, being totally ignorant of Mac OS X programming.
> > A first step is identifying where the bug is, or where it's easier to
> > fix (R or Tk). But let's hear what Simon says.
> >
> 
> I didn't check the most recent version of native Tk, but the design of the
> native Tk was that it assumes that it will be the one driving the UI  - it
> didn't even check that it is being loaded into an existing application
that
> has already initialized Cocoa. There were additional issues with the event
> loop, but more recently I think Brian had some success on that front.
> In a spare minute (at the earliest next week) I'll see if I an get my
> knowledge on that issue up to date..
> 
> Cheers,
> Simon
> 
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