[R-SIG-Mac] R.app and launchpad and 32 bit

[Andrew Yee]

Thanks for the explanation.  Will need to take a look at your script.

Thanks,
Andrew

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Berend Hasselman <bhh at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> On 08-11-2012, at 13:24, Andrew Yee wrote:
>
>> Hi, I'm new to Mac and when i installed the R.app, I noticed that it
>> put the 32 bit version of R onto the Launchpad instead of the 64 bit
>> version.  Is this by design?
>
> Both R.app and R64.app are installed in /Applications as long as you haven't customized the install.
>
> OS X then updates the LaunchPad database (see below for its location).
> And somehow only enters R.app in the database.
> I have found that by deleting the database and killing Dock.app regenerates the database and then only R64.app is in the database.
> Then you can launch R64 by typing R6 in the LaunchPad search field.
> Since LaunchPad has very definite ideas how to sort applications starting with the letter R, you can only reach R.app by typing R and then using the arrow keys several times.
>
> The mysterious ways of Apple and OS X.
>
> I now have a shell script to reset all the silliness Mountain Lion seems to want.
> I run it after an install.
>
> The script is
>
> ===============================================
> # unhide Library
> chflags nohidden ~/Library
>
> # reset launchpad database to avoid silliness with R.app and R64.app
> # either one of these disappears
> # removing database and killing Dock makes R64 reappear, which I want as default.
>
> rm "${HOME}/Library/Application Support/Dock"/*.db
> killall Dock
>
> # disable smooth scrolling
> # no longer in system preferences
> # needed to make TextMate react sensibly to PgUp/PgDn keys
> # http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20120726122633912
> # http://www.maclife.com/article/columns/terminal_101_5_mountain_lion_ui_tricks
>
> defaults write -g NSScrollAnimationEnabled -bool NO
> ===============================================
>
> Berend
>