[R-SIG-Mac] Saving a *.R file hangs R GUI under certain sequences of operations

[Jeff Newmiller]

Are you really entering an asterisk as part of the file name? That sounds like an extremely bad idea.

On October 23, 2019 3:13:48 PM PDT, Bryan Hanson <hanson using depauw.edu> wrote:
>Duncan…
>
>I’m creating a new file. The menu item is “New Document”.   I called it
>*.R to distinguish it from “New Rd Document”, and since when you
>attempt to save it the suggested name is “untitled.R”.
>
>I don’t see anything in the console.  When I click an existing folder
>in the dialog, there is a brief delay and then the pinwheel, then it’s
>stuck.
>
>Bryan
>
>> On Oct 23, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Duncan Murdoch
><murdoch.duncan using gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 23/10/2019 4:32 p.m., Bryan Hanson wrote:
>>> I have found a sequence of actions that causes the R GUI on Mac to
>hang:
>>> 1. Launch R GUI.
>>> 2. Open an empty *.R file via the button or menu or shortcut.
>> 
>> Could you clarify this:  Are you opening an existing file that is
>empty, or creating a new document?  I don't see any way to specify *.R
>in the former, and I don't see a problem with the latter.  A bit more
>below...
>> 
>>> 3. Add something to the file.
>>> 4. Save the file via menu or shortcut (technically a Save as…).  In
>the save dialog box:
>>>   a. If you save in whatever directory is pointing to, everything
>works fine.
>>>   b. If you attempt to change the directory, for instance by
>clicking on the icon for a folder w/i the current directory, one gets
>the pinwheel of death and R must be forced to quit.
>>> Can anyone else reproduce this?
>>> Bryan
>>> sessionInfo:
>>> R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05)
>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit)
>>> Running under: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
>> 
>> I'm using the same R, but macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.
>> 
>> At some point in the exercise I saw this warning in the console:
>> 
>> objc[27995]: Class FIFinderSyncExtensionHost is implemented in both
>/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FinderKit.framework/Versions/A/FinderKit
>(0x7fffadb52cd0) and
>/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileProvider.framework/OverrideBundles/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride
>(0x112670cd8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
>> 
>> It might be that in the newer MacOS this is fatal.
>> 
>> Duncan Murdoch
>> 
>>> Matrix products: default
>>> BLAS:  
>/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.6/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
>>> LAPACK:
>/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.6/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
>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>> [1] compiler_3.6.1
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