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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear Sir,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">One of the rebmix package users informed me about an error occurring when the rebmix runs from R console on mac:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="308" height="353" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.png@01CD584F.37694940"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I assume that the problem is caused by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Rprintf("%sTime left %2.1f sec", CL, TimeLeft);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">R_FlushConsole();<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">R_ProcessEvents();<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">in my C code, where:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue">#ifndef</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas"> CL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue">#define</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas"> CL
<span style="color:#A31515">"\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b"</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue">#endif</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Consolas"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">As you can see I try to inform the user of the rebmix about the time needed to finish the calculation. Consequently I first clean the line by calling backshlash several times as the exact length of the string is supposed
not to be known. Next TileLeft is written. On R console one should, e.g., observe Time left = 0.3 sec.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="507" height="368" id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01CD584F.37694940"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="605" height="463" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CD584F.91DFDB00"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On other platforms my code runs error free. On CRAN checks: rebmix results the status of all checks is OK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">I assume that \b causes troubles. Could you please give me some idea on how to avoid the problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you in advance.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Marko Nagode<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>prof. Marko Nagode, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Ljubljana<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Faculty of Mechanical Engineering<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aškerčeva 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1000 Ljubljana<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Slovenia<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: +386 1 4771 507<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: +386 1 4214 074<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">E-mail: marko.nagode@fs.uni-lj.si<o:p></o:p></p>
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