[R-SIG-Mac] Use of "file.choose()" or "change working directory" tab causing stall on Mac
Vinny Mo
vindoggy at hotmail.com
Mon Dec 21 05:59:38 CET 2015
Hello,
I used to use the "file.choose()" command quite a lot, as well as the "change working directory" drop down tab as part of my workflow with R, but for over 1 year both of these actions have caused the spinning-wheel to crash R (just R, not any other program).
The issue seems to happen when the window selection window pops up, and happens about 80% of the time I use either of these actions. This issue has remained constant across different computers (though all macs), different R builds, and different Mac OS's. I had asked about this issue before, and had hoped that this bug might be fixed at some point, but it has persisted.
I know I can work around this issue programmatically by typing these commands manually, but both of these features represent a nice function that R has that I'd like to continue to use as was intended. Does anyone have any idea how I might be able to get this functionality back, or if the R Gods have any thoughts about addressing this issue?
Due to the nature of this issue it's impossible to provide a reproducible example. But it really is as simple as either using:
myfile<-read.csv(file.choose())
or
Clicking on the "Misc" tab, and then "change working directory".
I've included the results from R.Version() below, but as I mentioned this issue has persisted through many R builds.
R.Version()
$platform
[1] "x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0"
$arch
[1] "x86_64"
$os
[1] "darwin13.4.0"
$system
[1] "x86_64, darwin13.4.0"
$status
[1] ""
$major
[1] "3"
$minor
[1] "2.2"
$year
[1] "2015"
$month
[1] "08"
$day
[1] "14"
$`svn rev`
[1] "69053"
$language
[1] "R"
$version.string
[1] "R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14)"
$nickname
[1] "Fire Safety"
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