On Apr 28, 2008, at 5:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Full_Name: Ana Nelson
Version: R 2.7.0 GUI 1.24 (5102)
OS: OSX 10.5.2
Submission from: (NULL) (213.94.201.89)
The R GUI close button has a solid circle. Screenshot is here:
http://skitch.com/ananelson/kmxj/r-console
On OSX this indicates that there are unsaved changes pending. Please
see page
201 of the Apple Human Interface Guidelines (version 2008-03-11):
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/OSXHIGuidelines.pdf
However, I never save my workspace on exiting R, therefore I don't
really have
unsaved changes, so the "X" close button would be more appropriate.
The workspace has nothing to do with it. The window you are referring
to is the console window and its contents (text) has changed (namely R
output was added), hence the unsaved status. However, to avoid
(unexpected) loss of data, we don't reset the status on console text
save, either.
The R console semantics doesn't readily correspond to Apple's document
model. There are in fact at least two documents here - the console and
the workspace. There's isn't much we can do about that.
BTW: We are not creating those buttons, Apple's frameworks are, so we
have no control over their appearance.
I know this might seem like a very fussy request, but I actually
find it very distracting to think I have unsaved changes in a
document, and every time I glance and see the solid circle I have to
stop and think and remind myself that I don't. Apple has me so well
trained! (sigh) I think it's because when I see a dot instead of an
X, I anticipate that I will be faced with a "save as" dialog box,
which will interrupt my workflow and I will have to think about
where to save the file, what to call it etc.
Anyway, I would vote to get rid of the dot, perhaps just for those
users who have the "No" option selected for "save workspace on exit
from R".
See above, that's not our call.
Cheers,
Simon
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