Dear R-users, Thanks to Roger Bivand, it appears that the real problem is coming from the way R talks to X11 under cygwin. Both other invocations of Rterm, either in a bash window without Xwindow capability or from the DOS command, work just fine.
Rterm breaks down every time it is invoked from a bash shell inside an Xwindow session. The symptoms are the following: + No popup window appears when invoking help() or plot() commands + Instead, the Windows task bar shows an R icon, but this icon cannot be restore to full screen + Rterm dies when hitting return after correcting typos the error message then is: --- Error: syntax error Execution halted --- This suggests that Rterm is by-passing fvwm2 and the X11 environment to talk to windows directly. This is also probably the reason why terminal properties are forgotten when just using Rterm for typing commands. It forgets that it was invoked from bash and responds to all the keys pressed. If typos are corrected with backspace, Rterm reads is a gibberish string made of printable and non printable characters causing it to misunderstand the command and fail. Any clues as to what I should do? I insist on using R in an Xwindow session because I want to take advantage of the R/GRASS module and compute stats on GIS layers. Cheers, Thomas *** Le contenu de cet e-mail et de ses pi�ces jointes est destin� � l'usage exclusif du (des) destinataire(s) express�ment d�sign�(s) comme tel(s). En cas de r�ception de cet e-mail par erreur, le signaler � son exp�diteur et ne pas en divulguer le contenu. L'absence de virus a �t� v�rifi� � l'�mission du message. Il convient n�anmoins de v�rifier l'absence de corruption � sa r�ception. The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. eSafe scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. *** ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
