[R-SIG-Mac] Cannot open PDF Vignettes on Ventura

[Simon Urbanek]

Kevin,

no this is an Adobe issue - it seems to hijack the PDF support. R simply uses "open" so it doesn't care who handles it - that is a system setting, it has nothing to do with R. Did you try setting Preview as your system viewer?

Cheers,
Simon


> On Feb 7, 2023, at 9:01 AM, Kevin Thorpe <kevin.thorpe using utoronto.ca> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the reply Simon.
> 
> As near as I can tell I have a working Adobe reader. I checked for updates and have the current version, it is just not set as my default viewer for PDF. Why has it stopped working with the Mac Preview app? Is it related to the loss of PS/EPS support?
> 
> I would prefer not to have to set Adobe Reader as my default. I could try removing and re-installing and see what happens.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> -- 
> Kevin E. Thorpe
> Head of Biostatistics,  Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC)
> Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
> Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
> University of Toronto
> email: kevin.thorpe using utoronto.ca  Tel: 416.864.5776  Fax: 416.864.3016
> 
>> On Feb 6, 2023, at 2:45 PM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using R-project.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Kevin,
>> 
>> this looks like a problem with your Adobe installation - you seem to have the stub installed, but not an actual Adobe viewer. Perhaps look for uninstallation instructions for Adobe, reinstall it or ask their support? After upgrades it is often necessary to re-install 3rd party software.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 7, 2023, at 5:14 AM, Kevin Thorpe <kevin.thorpe using utoronto.ca> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I noticed today that I can no longer open PDF vignettes from the help system in Ventura. I first noticed it in RStudio. Previously PDFs would open in Preview but now they try to open in a web page. So, I tried in native R (outside RStudio). I started the help system and went to the survival package vignettes and tried to open one. I eventually got a Finder window with the message, "AdobePDFViewer cannot find a compatible Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader to view this PDF. Please select one.” At the top of it.
>>> 
>>> Besides Preview I do also have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed (but it is not set as the default viewer for PDFs).
>>> 
>>> Additionally, the following error appeared in the Console when I tried to view a PDF vignette (for the sake of reproducibility I tried to load the survival.pdf vignette).
>>> 
>>> 2023-02-06 11:10:56.198 R[52961:4981916] CFURLResourceIsReachable failed because it was passed a URL which has no scheme
>>> 
>>> Has anyone else encountered this?
>>> 
>>> Here is my sessionInfo()
>>> 
>>>> sessionInfo()
>>> R version 4.2.2 (2022-10-31)
>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin17.0 (64-bit)
>>> Running under: macOS Ventura 13.1
>>> 
>>> Matrix products: default
>>> BLAS:   /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.2/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib
>>> LAPACK: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.2/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib
>>> 
>>> locale:
>>> [1] en_CA.UTF-8
>>> 
>>> attached base packages:
>>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     
>>> 
>>> other attached packages:
>>> [1] knitr_1.42
>>> 
>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>>> [1] compiler_4.2.2 tools_4.2.2    xfun_0.37     
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Kevin E. Thorpe
>>> Head of Biostatistics,  Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC)
>>> Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
>>> Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
>>> University of Toronto
>>> email: kevin.thorpe using utoronto.ca  Tel: 416.864.5776  Fax: 416.864.3016
>>> 
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