[R-SIG-Mac] R-SIG-Mac Digest, Vol 187, Issue 8

[zListserv]

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> I am not sure whether the following may cause the problem:
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> When I used the Migration Assistant I had some problem with X11,
> and realized that the Migration Assistant did create the symbolic link:
> /usr/X11 -> /opt/X11
> but did not create the symbolic link:
> /usr/X11R6 -> /opt/X11

You are right about Migration Assistant.  I defined both of these symbolic links manually while I was trying to solve the problem.  My help window is still blank despite their presence.



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> Best regards,
> Christian
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:48:12 -0400
> From: zListserv <zlistserv using gmail.com>
> To: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using r-project.org>, pdalgd using gmail.com,
> 	r-sig-mac using r-project.org, btupper using bigelow.org
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Blank help window
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> Many thanks for your suggestions.  Not sure whether Ben’s issue is the same as mine.  Ben has problems with ?data.frame.  My issue is a blank help window when typing ?mean (or any other function).
> 
> Peter suggested checking capabilities().  They are all TRUE.
> 
> You both suggested checking configuration files.  Removing .Rprofile, .Rdata, and .Rapp.history made no difference.
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> Simon suggested:
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>> On 2018-10 -17, at 08:57, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using r-project.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Few things to try:
>> 
>> - do you see anything in the error console?
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> Nothing noticeable in the error console, though I’m inexpert at reading it.
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>> - remove (rename) any and all customization files like ~/.Rprofle ~/.RData etc.
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> No effect
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>> 
>> - try running R from the console and starting the html help by hand to see if it works at all:
>> tools::startDynamicHelp()
>> help.start(browser="/usr/bin/open”)
>> 
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> Help works when running R from console
> 
>> - if that works try the same from the R.app gui *before* using help:
>> help.start(browser="/usr/bin/open”)
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> No effect in R (except it opens my default browser).
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>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 16, 2018, at 7:11 PM, 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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