Dear Simon, As you know, I have an interest in Tcl/Tk as developer of the Rcmdr package. It would be nice if use of R Tcl/Tk applications could be made as convenient and aesthetically pleasing for Mac users as for Windows users.
Thanks, John > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:r-sig-mac-bounces@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Simon Urbanek > Sent: September-23-11 10:10 AM > To: Milan Bouchet-Valat > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Using the Aqua Tcl/Tk theme by default on Mac OS > > > On Sep 23, 2011, at 6:12 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote: > > > Le vendredi 23 septembre 2011 à 10:55 +0100, Prof Brian Ripley a écrit : > >> Why not? It's easy on Mac OS X (as easy as on Linux). > > "As easy as on Linux" means "much too hard" for my intended audience. > > :-) > > > > I'm creating a Rcmdr plugin that I'd like people to install without > > typing more than two lines of code, and if possible none at all. But I > > don't care that much about the look of the GUI, that would only be a > > nice improvement. > > > >> You are welcome to contribute a fix. Simon will no doubt chip in > >> with more details. > > I'll see what I can do, being totally ignorant of Mac OS X programming. > > A first step is identifying where the bug is, or where it's easier to > > fix (R or Tk). But let's hear what Simon says. > > > > I didn't check the most recent version of native Tk, but the design of the > native Tk was that it assumes that it will be the one driving the UI - it > didn't even check that it is being loaded into an existing application that > has already initialized Cocoa. There were additional issues with the event > loop, but more recently I think Brian had some success on that front. > In a spare minute (at the earliest next week) I'll see if I an get my > knowledge on that issue up to date.. > > Cheers, > Simon > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
