[R-SIG-Mac] R.app editor and Rswitch

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On 17/01/2013 20:26, Matthew Fero wrote:
> I have a couple of questions:
>
> 1. Should I be able to specify the background color of an R64.app editor window?  Setting the background color of the console does not seem to affect the editor.
>
> 2. Is Rswitch still available?  I get a 'not found' message when I follow the link to http://r.research.att.com/RSwitch-1.2.dmg.

No.  And see the notes in the FAQ at 
http://r.research.att.com/man/RMacOSX-FAQ.html#Why-is-R_002ehome_0028_0029-not-versioned_003f

At present the range of R versions you can switch between is very 
limited since the R <--> R.app interface has been changing.  For 
example, you cannot switch between any of 2.15.2, R-patched and R-devel, 
and AFAIR you cannot switch between 2.15.1 and 2.15.2.  Once 3.0.0 is 
out this should be stabler as now all of R.app is in the R.app sources 
and none in the R sources and it uses only API R headers.

I have a copy of the dmg, but not the sources, and I believe that Simon 
lost both when r.research.att.com got corrupted.


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