Dear Gabriele, > On Dec 8, 2019, at 3:35 AM, gabriele pallotti <bolognareg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear John, > thank you for your prompt reply. An inexperienced user like me tends to see > the .Rdata folder like the document folder for other programs, and, as one > doesn't have to delete the document folder when updating Libreoffice, tends > to think the same for R.
The potential problem with .RData is that it's not just a file that saves the contents of the R workspace at the end of a session, but that the saved workspace is then loaded at the start of a subsequent session. This can create problems (again, not just for the Rcmdr) in that subsequent session, and not only when R is updated. > But let me take the opportunity to express a huge thank you for your work on > Rcmdr. For people like me, who do statistical analyses just a few times a > year, it is a very precious resource, which can also serve as an introduction > to command-line R. As an applied linguist with a background in semiotics, I > would have plenty of reasons to explain why a graphic interface is such a > good thing. As a taxpayer, I appreciate the fact that it makes us saves money > as it allows students and researchers in the humanities, like me, to do some > basic statistics without buying SPSS licences. > I don't want to open a debate here on the pros and cons of graphical > interfaces. Let me just say you're doing an excellent service to the > community, both with your package and your replies to this forum, which shows > you're a really kind person and deserve all our appreciation. Thank you for your very kind remarks. Best, John > Best wishes > Gabriele Pallotti (Italy) > > > > > Il giorno ven 6 dic 2019 alle ore 22:58 Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca> ha > scritto: > Dear Gabriele, > > I'm glad that you were able to solve your problem. I spent a bit of time > today updating my R from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and updating all R packages on > Ubuntu, and, for what is now an obvious reason, I was unable to duplicate the > problem. > > Saving the .Rhistory file is benign but saving the R workspace at the end of > a session in .RData can be problematic, and not just for the Rcmdr. You'll > notice that while R makes saving the workspace the default (presumably to > avoid inadvertent data loss, and in my opinion not a good default choice), > the Rcmdr doesn't offer to save the R workspace when you select "File > Exit > > From Commander and R" from the Rcmdr menus. > > Best, > John > > ----------------------------- > John Fox, Professor Emeritus > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > Web: http::/socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox > > > On Dec 6, 2019, at 1:38 PM, gabriele pallotti <bolognareg...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > I managed to get Rcmdr working simply by deleting the .Rdata and .Rhistory > > file from the work directory. It is rather weird, as I thought they only > > contained data and settings, but probably some of these belonged to the > > older version of R/Rcmdr and were not compatible with the new version. > > I'll keep the old data files in a separate folder and try to open them as a > > workspace after launching Rcmdr, but I won't do it now as I need Rcmdr to > > work in the next days and I don't want to take any risks... > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
