[R-SIG-Mac] (old) rgl package crashes MacGUI using R 3.2.3 in El Cap, new compiled one does not. (Duncan Murdoch)

[Joseph Kunkel]

What is the recomendation about upgrading to R 3.2.3 for someone who is now working on a project that is highly invested in using rgl?   I am a bit reluctant to fall far behind in upgrades but using the MacGUI  and R 3.2.2 is working reasonably well for me.

I have gotten some error complaints during/after rgl use which might be an indication that I should upgrade?

Error 1 in MacGUI window:

2016-01-01 21:52:05.063 R[2942:183303] -deltaZ is deprecated for NSEventTypeMagnify.  Please use -magnification.

Verbose error 2 in MacGUI window:

2016-01-01 21:33:36.342 R[2942:183303] -[GLView delegate]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7f9690b73a70
2016-01-01 21:33:36.342 R[2942:183303] An uncaught exception was raised
2016-01-01 21:33:36.343 R[2942:183303] -[GLView delegate]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x7f9690b73a70
2016-01-01 21:33:36.349 R[2942:183303] (
	0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff92e77ae2 __exceptionPreprocess + 178
	1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff91c7d73c objc_exception_throw + 48
	2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff92e7ab9d -[NSObject(NSObject) doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 205
	3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff92db3601 ___forwarding___ + 1009
	4   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff92db3188 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
	5   R                                   0x000000010f78f1aa -[RController validateMenuItem:] + 1002
	6   AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9a66f6 -[NSMenu _enableItem:] + 706
	7   AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9b8152 -[NSCarbonMenuImpl _carbonUpdateStatusEvent:handlerCallRef:] + 517
	8   AppKit                              0x00007fff8c9aaea1 NSSLMMenuEventHandler + 708
	9   HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9456b7be _ZL23DispatchEventToHandlersP14EventTargetRecP14OpaqueEventRefP14HandlerCallRec + 1231
	10  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9456ac48 _ZL30SendEventToEventTargetInternalP14OpaqueEventRefP20OpaqueEventTargetRefP14HandlerCallRec + 404
	11  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945809e6 SendEventToEventTarget + 40
	12  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945ca99a _ZL18SendHICommandEventjPK9HICommandjjhPKvP20OpaqueEventTargetRefS5_PP14OpaqueEventRef + 411
	13  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945dcc2f UpdateHICommandStatusWithCachedEvent + 47
	14  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff94566deb _ZN13HIApplication12EventHandlerEP25OpaqueEventHandlerCallRefP14OpaqueEventRefPv + 2787
	15  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9456b7be _ZL23DispatchEventToHandlersP14EventTargetRecP14OpaqueEventRefP14HandlerCallRec + 1231
	16  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff9456ac48 _ZL30SendEventToEventTargetInternalP14OpaqueEventRefP20OpaqueEventTargetRefP14HandlerCallRec + 404
	17  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945809e6 SendEventToEventTarget + 40
	18  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945dc852 _ZL15SendMenuOpeningP14MenuSelectDataP8MenuDatadjjP14__CFDictionaryhPh + 716
	19  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945f6d24 _ZL11DrawTheMenuP14MenuSelectDataPP9__CFArrayhPh + 280
	20  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945f6a21 _ZL11MenuChangedP14MenuSelectDatahh + 316
	21  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff94711207 _ZL15TrackMenuCommonR14MenuSelectDataPhP13SelectionDataP10MenuResultS5_ + 1175
	22  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945f64fa _ZL14MenuSelectCoreP8MenuData5PointdjPP13OpaqueMenuRefPt + 555
	23  HIToolbox                           0x00007fff945f6230 _HandleMenuSelection2 + 460
	24  AppKit                              0x00007fff8c8d575e _NSHandleCarbonMenuEvent + 277
	25  AppKit                              0x00007fff8c815435 _DPSNextEvent + 1906
	26  AppKit                              0x00007fff8cbe1943 -[NSApplication _nextEventMatchingEventMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 454
	27  R                                   0x000000010f79031c -[RController doProcessEvents:] + 204
	28  R                                   0x000000010f78a72a -[RController handleReadConsole:] + 186
	29  R                                   0x000000010f793f99 Re_ReadConsole + 185
	30  libR.dylib                          0x000000010f9c071f R_ReplDLLdo1 + 143
	31  R                                   0x000000010f7a2367 run_REngineRmainloop + 295
	32  R                                   0x000000010f79673a -[REngine runREPL] + 138
	33  R                                   0x000000010f78574f main + 815
	34  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff8e5e65ad start + 1
	35  ???                                 0x0000000000000001 0x0 + 1
)

The prior error did not seem to affect the visual output of rgl but is troublesome.

Joe Kunkel



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Joseph G. Kunkel, Emeritus Professor
Biology Department
UMass Amherst 
Amherst MA 01003
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