Hi Paul, Thanks for keeping me posted and letting me know what I should do.
Are there regression tests for other graphics functions in R? To me that sounds a bit unnecessary. I think you get more testing from people who use R; and having a good turnaround for applying patches (some have been waiting 5 years) would invite better participation. Thank you, Frederick On Fri, Dec 09, 2016 at 12:01:55PM +1300, Paul Murrell wrote: > Hi > > Just taking a bit more of a look at this today (currently fixated on making > sure I can build some good regression tests). > > The best thing you can do is to keep reminding me like this :) > > Paul > > On 09/12/16 11:19, frede...@ofb.net wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > Thanks for your efforts. Do you have an idea when my patch(es) might > > be committed? Is there anything I can do to help move this along? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Frederick > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 08:55:20AM +1300, Paul Murrell wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > The current status is that I am keen for people to contribute some testing > > > code (see https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16951) > > > > > > There were also some getGraphicsEvent() changes/fixes suggested by Richard > > > Bodewits (cc'ed), for which I am also seeking test code. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > On 13/11/16 09:00, frede...@ofb.net wrote: > > > > Hi Paul, > > > > > > > > Just checking in to see what the status is. > > > > > > > > From my perspective it seems logical to split off X11 into a separate > > > > package, so development can proceed at a reasonable rate, but I > > > > haven't yet tried to see if that's even possible. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Frederick > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 09:23:35AM +1200, Paul Murrell wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > Taking a look at those patches is now on my todo list, so I may be in > > > > > touch > > > > > with both of you at some point to request some testing. > > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > On 26/07/16 07:17, frede...@ofb.net wrote: > > > > > > Dear Daniel Greenidge, > > > > > > > > > > > > To enable getGraphicsEvent on Cairo, you have two patches to choose > > > > > > from: > > > > > > > > > > > > https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14364 > > > > > > https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16951 > > > > > > > > > > > > The second one is by me, and the first one is from five years ago by > > > > > > Hugo Mildenberger. > > > > > > > > > > > > Both patches are very simple, they move some lines enabling > > > > > > getGrahpicsEvent outside of a if(!cairo) statement. My patch also > > > > > > adds > > > > > > the ability to execute code (e.g. for animation) while the interface > > > > > > is idle. > > > > > > > > > > > > Top guy Duncan Murdoch has expressed that he doesn't have time to > > > > > > work > > > > > > on applying these patches, and I haven't had any responses from the > > > > > > rest of the R Core Team. I was thinking that perhaps your best bet > > > > > > is > > > > > > to try to create a package called e.g. "X11-fixes" which people can > > > > > > use to get a better X11 library (there is also a bug waiting to be > > > > > > fixed from 2001: > > > > > > https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16702). > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't know if CRAN would accept such a package, or if you'd have > > > > > > to > > > > > > distribute it via GitHub, but R has excellent tools to facilitate > > > > > > the > > > > > > distribution of code via packages. Whether the R kernel exports > > > > > > enough > > > > > > functions to allow a package to take over event handling, I'm not > > > > > > sure. I was intending to look more into the details of this > > > > > > possibility but haven't had time. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > > > > > Frederick > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 02:15:59PM -0400, Daniel Greenidge wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm writing an interactive plotting function for viewing fMRI > > > > > > > datasets. Currently, I get keypresses using > > > > > > > grDevices::getGraphicsEvent(). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately getGraphicsEvent() only supports the > > > > > > > X11(type="Xlib") > > > > > > > graphics device on Unix systems. The Xlib device doesn't support > > > > > > > buffering (i.e. dev.hold() and dev.flush()), so redrawing the > > > > > > > plots > > > > > > > causes lots of flickering. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to get keypresses while using the cairo graphics > > > > > > > device? Alternatively, is there a way to prevent flickering with > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > Xlib graphics device? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > Daniel Greenidge > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > > > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > > > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > > > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Dr Paul Murrell > > > > > Department of Statistics > > > > > The University of Auckland > > > > > Private Bag 92019 > > > > > Auckland > > > > > New Zealand > > > > > 64 9 3737599 x85392 > > > > > p...@stat.auckland.ac.nz > > > > > http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dr Paul Murrell > > > Department of Statistics > > > The University of Auckland > > > Private Bag 92019 > > > Auckland > > > New Zealand > > > 64 9 3737599 x85392 > > > p...@stat.auckland.ac.nz > > > http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/ > > > > > -- > Dr Paul Murrell > Department of Statistics > The University of Auckland > Private Bag 92019 > Auckland > New Zealand > 64 9 3737599 x85392 > p...@stat.auckland.ac.nz > http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/ > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel