Dear Jonathan et al, First, thank you to all who responded. As I said, I haven't noticed this problem myself, but I'll try again on my Mac later today when I have some time and see whether I can reproduce it. I suspect that this is a tcltk-related issue, not specific to the Rcmdr, but I don't know that for sure.
In the meantime, here are two things to try: (1) Reijo Sund suggested trying to run R and the Rcmdr from the command line (i.e., in a terminal window), to see whether the problem manifests itself there. The Rcmdr doesn't need R.app. (2) It's possible that the slowdown is caused by the way that the Rcmdr handles R Markdown documents. The overhead gets greater as the session proceeds. To test this possibility, you could suppress the R Markdown tab (via the Rcmdr Tools -> Options menu, Output tab -- uncheck the box for R Markdown) and see whether the problem disappears. Please let me know what happens. Best, John On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:41:28 -0600 Jonathan Chapman <petsr...@icloud.com> wrote: > I upgraded to XQuartz 2.7.5, but it still lags. > > Jonathan M. Chapman, DVM > 312-813-1166 > petsr...@icloud.com > > > On Nov 20, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Manuel Spínola <mspinol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I also have the same experience (like Jonathan) with Rcmdr in Mac with > > Mavericks. After few minutes Rcmdr starts to have time lags. I updated to > > XQuartz 2.7.5 but the behavior is the same. > > > > Best, > > > > Manuel > > > > > > 2013/11/20 Reijo Sund <reijo.s...@helsinki.fi> > >> So far I have not had problems with XQuartz, but similar slow-down > >> occasionally happens while using tcltk-applications with the Aqua version > >> of Tcl/Tk (ActiveTcl 8.6.x binary distribution). Unfortunately I have not > >> been able to create a reproducible example. > >> > >> Anyhow, if XQuartz update wont help, maybe it is worth checking if there > >> is any difference while using R.app or command-line R. > >> > >> - - - > >> > >> Prof Brian Ripley <rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > >> > Just checking: which version of XQuartz? > >> > > >> > Although I have not experienced any problems, people recommended > >> > updating to 2.7.5 and I got prompted to do that yesterday (it was > >> > released last week). > >> > > >> > On 20/11/2013 11:52, John Fox wrote: > >> >> Dear Jonathan, > >> >> > >> >> I'm afraid that I don't know why you're experiencing this problem. I > >> >> upgraded my own Mac to Mavericks and the Rcmdr still appears to work > >> >> fine. Also, no one else has reported this problem to me, which of > >> >> course doesn't mean that no one else has experienced it. > >> >> > >> >> I don't doubt that something is wrong on your system but I don't know > >> >> what it might be. You've already reinstalled all of the relevant > >> >> software, which is what I would have suggested. > >> >> > >> >> I'm copying this response to the R Mac OS X email list in case someone > >> >> who reads the list has a suggestion or, perhaps, has also experienced > >> >> the problem. > >> >> > >> >> I'm sorry that I can't be of more help at this time. > >> >> > >> >> John > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 00:19:54 -0600 > >> >> Jonathan Chapman <petsr...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> >>> Dr. Fox, > >> >>> > >> >>> I am an MPH student at the University of Minnesota. I was referred to > >> >>> you by Dr. Ann Brearley because I am having issues running Rcmdr in > >> >>> XQuartz since upgrading to OSX Mavericks. Rcmdr runs slowly, more-so > >> >>> as a lag, after an initial 1-2 minutes of use. Prior to that 1-2 > >> >>> minutes of use and the subsequent lag in performance, Rcmdr runs > >> >>> perfectly fine via XQuartz. Once closing out XQuartz and restarting > >> >>> it, Rcmdr runs fine until after 1-2 minutes of use when the lag sets > >> >>> in again. > >> >>> Ive tried to remedy the situation prior to contacting you. First, I > >> >>> reinstalled XQuartz. When that failed to solve the problem, I > >> >>> reinstalled XQuartz along with R and Rcmdr. That attempt also failed. > >> >>> I do not know what else to do or who/where else to turn. > >> >>> Do you have any incite? Have you heard of anyone else encountering > >> >>> this problem? > >> >>> > >> >>> Jonathan M. Chapman, DVM > >> >>> 312-813-1166 > >> >>> petsr...@icloud.com > >> >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list > >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > > > > > -- > > Manuel Spínola, Ph.D. > > Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre > > Universidad Nacional > > Apartado 1350-3000 > > Heredia > > COSTA RICA > > mspin...@una.ac.cr > > mspinol...@gmail.com > > Teléfono: (506) 2277-3598 > > Fax: (506) 2237-7036 > > Personal website: Lobito de río > > Institutional website: ICOMVIS _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
