[R-SIG-Mac] function data.entry() doesn't work and generate error

[peter dalgaard]

On 14 Oct 2015, at 13:54 , Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 14/10/2015 12:45, peter dalgaard wrote:
>> 
>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 11:37 , Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> Well, it appears that your build (which is not one of those supported here) did not include X11, and that must have been purposely excluded.
>>> 
>>> So the error is correct and the warning adds information ....  To use data.entry() you need to be using R.app, Windows or have R compiled to use X11 and and X server available.
>>> 
>>> Note that building R as a framework only makes sense if you install the framework in a standard location, not /usr/local/Cellar/r/3.2.2_1/ .
>> 
>> ...but isn't the Cellar a standard location for keeping homebrewed beverages?
> 
> But not for a framework:
> 
> 'Note: The standard locations for frameworks are the /System/Library/Frameworks directory and the /Library/Frameworks directory on the local system.'
> 
> [https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPFrameworks/Tasks/IncludingFrameworks.html]

So there's a standard standard and a homebrew standard? ;-)

Now you have made me curious: What specifically does not make sense with R as a framework in a nonstandard location? (Looks like Python and Qt do likewise.)

-pd

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