[R-SIG-Mac] Blank help window

[Peter Dalgaard]

Hum, it's not like it cannot work (on iMac running High Sierra):

> help("help") # works fine

You might want to check if anything is non-TRUE here:

> capabilities()
       jpeg         png        tiff       tcltk         X11        aqua    http/ftp     sockets 
       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE 
     libxml        fifo      cledit       iconv         NLS     profmem       cairo         ICU 
       TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE        TRUE 
long.double     libcurl 
       TRUE        TRUE 

And you seem to have more than the defaults attached, I only have compiler and tools. Perhaps check ~/.RData and config files?:

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
Running under: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

Matrix products: default
BLAS: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] compiler_3.5.1 tools_3.5.1   


-pd

> On 17 Oct 2018, at 01:11 , zListserv <zlistserv using gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> I recently migrated to a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) using the Migration Assistant.  Everything went well, though there are always a few things that don't transfer such as applications installed by Brew which I installed manually.
> 
> An issue with R arose I can't solve.  The help systen opens with a blank window.
> 
> Help works when I run R from the terminal so I know the files are installed.  Help works fine on the Macintosh I used a the source for the migration so it isn't a problem I inherited.  Re-installing R (see sessionInfo below) didn't solve the problem.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions how I can get help to work?
> 
> R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
> Running under: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
> 
> Matrix products: default
> BLAS: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
> LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
> 
> locale:
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
> 
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods  
> [7] base     
> 
> other attached packages:
> [1] HANDLS_0.34 zUtil_0.121
> 
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] Rcpp_0.12.17    lattice_0.20-35 digest_0.6.15   MASS_7.3-50    
> [5] chron_2.3-52    grid_3.5.1      plyr_1.8.4      xtable_1.8-2   
> [9] DBI_1.0.0       RSQLite_2.1.1   sqldf_0.4-11    blob_1.1.1     
> [13] sp_1.3-1        gsubfn_0.7      proto_1.0.0     tools_3.5.1    
> [17] Matching_4.9-3  bit64_0.9-7     foreign_0.8-70  bit_1.1-14     
> [21] compiler_3.5.1  maptools_0.9-2  memoise_1.1.0  
> 
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