[R-SIG-Mac] Antw: Re: X11 hangs while plotting from R

[MacQueen, Don]

Presumably you've tried dev.set()?

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On 4/11/12 11:27 PM, "Peter Kupfer" <Peter.Kupfer at hki-jena.de> wrote:

>
>There all,
>well, I have the same problem and X11 show no response at all. I have to
>quit X11 and R to solve this problem!
>So if I start a second X11 window its not possible for me to plot in or
>to access this second window
>All the best
>Peter
>
>
>
>
>
>>>> "MacQueen, Don"  11.04.12 22.29 Uhr >>>
>This was R started in what way? Console? Terminal? An xterm shell running
>under X11?
>
>Command-Tab switches between applications
>Command-`   switches between windows within an application
>
>The following applies to R started in a Terminal window.
>
>
>You have two applications, Terminal, and X11 (though for me it's a Quartz
>window, not an X11 window). After dev.new(), X11 has two windows, Terminal
>has one window.
>
>When you use Command-Tab to switch back to "X11" you get whichever X11
>window is active, namely the second one. Then use Command-` to get to the
>original graphics window.
>
>That's what I think is probably going on.
>
>-- 
>Don MacQueen
>
>Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
>7000 East Ave., L-627
>Livermore, CA 94550
>925-423-1062
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>
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>On 4/6/12 8:19 AM, "Bw Coder"  wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>This has been cross-posted on http://stackoverflow.com/q/10045109
>>
>>While plotting to a window in R, X11 kept hanging. These steps reproduce
>>the error.
>>plot(c(1,2,3),c(4,5,6))
>>
>>X11 window becomes active. Press [Apple]+[Tab] to go back to the terminal
>>window.
>>dev.new()
>>
>>Second X11 window becomes active. Press [Apple]+[Tab] to go back to the
>>terminal window.
>>Making sure you are in the terminal and you are not holding down any
>>keys, press [Apple]+[Tab] again to try to go to X11. The X11 is no
>>longer responding!
>>Setup details: I am on OSX 10.7.3 with R and xorg-* installed through
>>Macports. I can give  more details if they will be helpful.
>>
>>
>>The screenshot of the Activity monitor is here:
>>http://i.imgur.com/8JusD.png?1
>>
>>The R version is 2.14.1 (2011-12-22)
>>Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin11.0.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
>>
>>
>>The sampling of the process is at http://pastebin.com/3rXM2BBn
>>
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