[R-SIG-Mac] R commander fonts on R 3.4.0

[peter dalgaard]

Curiouser and curiouser, now my local build of R-devel stopped using xft _without any recompile_ I swear that it worked before I installed R-3.4.0.pkg....

I have both /opt/local/ and /usr/local variants of Tcl/Tk 8.6 and only the former has wish8.6 understanding the tk::pkgconfig stuff, so there is plenty of room for confusion. The latter seems to be from Simon's site; the other one could be a MacPorts relic...

-pd

> On 16 May 2017, at 13:28 , peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> It's a build issue relating to Tcl/Tk, not specifically Rcmdr (Rcmdr does something slightly weird[*] with the fonts too, but this seems to be orthogonal to the ugly-font issue).
> 
> To see the issue quickly, try 
> 
> library(tcltk)
> .Tcl("::tk::pkgconfig get fontsystem")
> 
> With CRAN 3.3.3, I get 
> 
> <Tcl> xft 
> 
> and likewise with a local nightly build of R-devel, but CRAN 3.4.0 says
> 
>> .Tcl("::tk::pkgconfig get fontsystem")
> Error in .Tcl("::tk::pkgconfig get fontsystem") : 
>  could not find function ".Tcl"
> 
> as does a local build of R-patched (???!!!). 
> 
> This is pretty weird. I'll see if I can dig up some more about where the difference is.
> 
> -pd
> 
> 
> 
> [*] Try library(tcltk); demo(tkfaq)  then library(Rcmdr) and watch the font change in the tkfaq window.
> 
> 
>> On 15 May 2017, at 23:17 , Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Jose,
>> 
>> It's a bit difficult to respond to your latest messages because you sent so many of them.
>> 
>> I'm not entirely sure what's producing your font problems -- perhaps Simon will have some additional ideas -- but you should be aware that you can't load the Rcmdr package -- or, more generally, the tcltk package -- without XQuartz (or another X11 system). Normally, XQuartz should start automatically when the Rcmdr (or tcltk) package is loaded. That is, you should not have to start it separately.
>> 
>> It may help to know that the Rcmdr package selects its default dialog font by querying the default Tk font, via the command
>> 
>> 	tclvalue(.Tcl("font actual TkDefaultFont -family"))
>> 
>> and sets the font for commands and output by querying the default Tk fixed-width font:
>> 
>> 	tclvalue(.Tcl("font actual TkFixedFont -family"))
>> 
>> On my Macs, these are respectively the helvetica and courier fonts.
>> 
>> In any event, I'm glad that you seem to have solved your problem.
>> 
>> John
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jose G Conde Santiago [mailto:jose.conde1 at upr.edu]
>>> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 3:18 PM
>>> To: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org>; Fox, John
>>> <jfox at mcmaster.ca>; r-sig-mac at r-project.org
>>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R commander fonts on R 3.4.0
>>> 
>>> When I run R without XQuartz, the text from the help screen renders
>>> well. I think the problem seems to be related to XQuartz.
>>> 
>>> José
>>> 
>>> 
>>> José G. Conde, MD, MPH
>>> Professor, School of Medicine
>>> Director, CentIT2
>>> UPR Medical Sciences Campus
>>> 
>>> Tel  (787) 763-9401 Fax (787) 758-5206
>>> 
>>> Email: jose.conde1 at upr.edu
>>> 
>>> URL: http://rcmi.rcm.upr.edu
>>> 
>>>> On May 15, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Jose G Conde Santiago
>>> <jose.conde1 at upr.edu> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> … and the same I get the same issue with R “help” screens in my iMac.
>>> I cannot reproduce this in the macBook.
>>>> 
>>>> José
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> <R help .png>
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> José G. Conde, MD, MPH
>>>> Catedrático, Escuela de Medicina
>>>> Director, CentIT2
>>>> Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, UPR
>>>> 
>>>> Tel  (787) 763-9401  Fax (787) 758-5206
>>>> 
>>>> Correo electrónico: jose.conde1 at upr.edu
>>>> 
>>>> URL: http://rcmi.rcm.upr.edu
>>>> 
>>>>> On May 15, 2017, at 2:14 PM, Jose G Conde Santiago
>>> <jose.conde1 at upr.edu> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is the actual resolutions.
>>>>> 
>>>>> José
>>>>> 
>>>>> <Fonts 20 points.png>
>>>>> José G. Conde, MD, MPH
>>>>> Professor, School of Medicine
>>>>> Director, CentIT2
>>>>> UPR Medical Sciences Campus
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tel  (787) 763-9401 Fax (787) 758-5206
>>>>> 
>>>>> Email: jose.conde1 at upr.edu
>>>>> 
>>>>> URL: http://rcmi.rcm.upr.edu
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On May 15, 2017, at 12:31 PM, Jose G Conde Santiago
>>> <jose.conde1 at upr.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <Fonts 20 points.png>
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>> 
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