1) On the first point, please do read the NEWS file for R 1.9.0.
.Rprofile and .First have always been run before the default packages are
loaded in .First.sys, to allow them to be changed.
So this *is* a documented change in behaviour, not a bug. If I do
.First <- function() {library(lattice); trellis.device()}
This happens on all platforms. You need
.First <- function() {library(graphics); library(lattice); trellis.device()}
That is true of starting any graphics device in .Rprofile or .First.
2) The second point is a long known problem with ESS/Emacs on some
systems. There is a PR against it already (I saw a few days ago). Please
don't add irrelevant issues to a bug report on another issue.
BDR
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This is a start of R 1.9.0 in a directory without .RData
>
>
> > options(STERM='iESS', editor='gnuclient.exe')
> > search()
> [1] ".GlobalEnv" "package:methods" "package:stats" "package:graphics"
> [5] "package:utils" "Autoloads" "package:base"
> > find(windows)
> [1] "package:graphics"
> >
>
>
> This makes me think that the .First is being processed before some of the other
> initializations. I had been assuming it is the very last thing done before it gives
> me
> control.
>
>
>
> This introduces a new problem---both 1.9.0 and 1.8.1.
> I did --vanilla as you suggested, in a directory without an existing .RData
>
> /cygdrive/c/HOME/tmp$ Rterm --vanilla
>
> R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Version 1.9.0 (2004-04-12), ISBN 3-900051-00-3
>
> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details.
>
> R is a collaborative project with many contributors.
> Type 'contributors()' for more information and
> 'citation()' on how to cite R in publications.
>
> Type 'demo()' for some demos, 'help()' for on-line help, or
> 'help.start()' for a HTML browser interface to help.
> Type 'q()' to quit R.
>
> > date()
> date()
> [1] "Thu Apr 22 21:52:14 2004"
> > ls()
> ls()
> character(0)
> > nonsense
> nonsense
> Error: Object "nonsense" not found
> Execution halted
> /cygdrive/c/HOME/tmp$
>
>
>
> When I manually start the trellis.device, after a version of my .First that doesn't
> start it for me, I get this
> > .Device
> [1] "windows"
> >
>
>
>
> on the q() issue, I report it as a continuation of behavior that has been discussed
> on this list. I don't remember when. It has been an issue for me for a long time.
> I am currently on XP HOME, I see this also on NT4.
>
> I normally type just q()
> This time I tried q("no").
>
> It still freezes. I have to enter C-G to unfreeze emacs and then use the Task Manager
> to kill the Rterm process.
>
> Rich
>
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