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

[Bryan Hanson]

No, I was just intending to be generic in my description of the problem/process.  The filename defaults to “untitled.R” and one can use that for testing (it fails for me).

> On Oct 23, 2019, at 8:54 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
> 
> 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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