I can reproduce this in MDI. Another clue is that as the pager for ?merge is opened, the font in the console changes.
The console is still working: commands you type in it are accepted. So the issue appears to be that the font in use has been changed incorrectly (and it seems that the C code thinks it has been changed in the preferences dialog). On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Duncan Mackay wrote: > Hello, > Thanks for your reply. Yes, editing Rconsole worked (problem didn't appear > under MDI with lines=16000) after start-up. > Simply shrinking and restoring the windows didn't restore functionality - my > R console window remained blank and unresponsive (even to Esc's) so I had to > shut down R. I was using the MDI interface and my computer is a Toshiba > Satellite A10 laptop. > I've just tried editing the Rconsole to switch to SDI, and the problems > didn't appear under SDI. > Thanks, Duncan > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 11 October 2004 6:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (PR#7277) Re: [Rd] strange windows behaviour after changing > "lines" GUI setting (PR#7277) > > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > > Doesn't happen for me (on two rather different machines under Windows > > XP SP2). This looks like a Windows GDI refresh problem. Does editing > > the Rconsole file work? If so, that is a usable workaround. Does > > minimizing and restoring the windows show the correct contents? > > One more thing: was this the MDI or SDI interface? I only tested SDI. > > > On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Full_Name: Duncan Mackay > > > Version: 2.0.0 > > > OS: WinXP > > > Submission from: (NULL) (129.96.120.254) > > > > > > > > > > version > > > _ > > > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > > > arch i386 > > > os mingw32 > > > system i386, mingw32 > > > status > > > major 2 > > > minor 0.0 > > > year 2004 > > > month 10 > > > day 04 > > > language R > > > > > > I am running the above version of R under WinXP Service Pack 2. > > > > > > I have encountered some strange behaviour after changing the "lines" > > > setting in the GUI preferences, as follows:- > > > > > > "Select Edit/GUI preferences..." > > > Change the "lines" setting from 8000 to 16000 > > > Click "Apply" then "OK" > > > Back at the R console, type ?merge > > > > > > The "R Help on 'merge'" window appears but is blank??????? > > > > > > Click back in the R Console window. Now it goes blank ??????????? > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
