[R-SIG-Mac] Recovering from R hangs/crashes -

[Simon Urbanek]

Barry,

thanks to your crash report I think that particular issue should be hopefully fixed (it took me a while to reproduce as you need a big-enough script open so it changes the margins plus you need to have doc restore enabled). Please try out R 3.3.3 (if CRAN is not synced yet you can use http://r.research.att.com/bin/macosx/R-3.3.3.pkg directly) - make sure is says "R.app GUI 1.69 (7328)".

Thanks,
Simon



> On Mar 5, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Barry M. Lesht <blesht at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi - In an off-list e-mail exchange David Diez suggested that the little
> bash function I put together might be useful for others.  This isn't a
> 'fix,' just a way to simplify getting R running again.  From David's
> experience it sounds like the only real fix available now is to completely
> erase your hard drive and re-install Sierra, R, etc.
> 
> My problems with R generally occur when I attempt to open an existing file
> when working in R.  I use "standard" R with the R GUI from CRAN.  Instead
> of seeing the list of available files, an empty window appears along with
> the dreaded spinning beach ball.  At this point I have to go to the Finder
> and force R to quit.
> 
> I added the following function to my .bashrc file:
> 
> function fixRhang()
> {
> cd ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State
> rm -R org.R-project.R.savedState/
> cd
> rm .Rhistory
> }
> 
> After I force R to quit, I open an XQuartz window, and just enter
> 
> bash-3.2$ fixRhang
> 
> At this point, I can open R again and continue working (though obviously
> the command history is empty).
> 
> I'm sure that there are better (or more efficient) ways of accomplishing
> this, but it works for me.
> 
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