Thank you very much John. How can I run R and Rcmdr in a terminal window?
Best, Manuel 2013/11/20 John Fox <[email protected]> > Dear all, > > I was able to reproduce the problem on my Macbook and believe I have a > solution, which is to run R and the Rcmdr in a terminal window. When I did > this, the Rcmdr behaved normally. I'll investigate further and report my > findings back to the list. > > I'm copying this message to Simon Urbanek who maintains R.app in case he > has insight into the problem. > > I'm also interested whether running R from a terminal window solves the > problem for others who experienced it. > > Best, > John > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:19:04 -0500 > "John Fox" <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I upgraded to XQuartz 2.7.5, but it still lags. > > > > > > Jonathan M. Chapman, DVM > > > 312-813-1166 > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > On Nov 20, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Manuel Spínola <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > > > >> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 > > > >> >>> [email protected] > > > >> >>> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> 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 > > > > [email protected] > > > > [email protected] > > > > Teléfono: (506) 2277-3598 > > > > Fax: (506) 2237-7036 > > > > Personal website: Lobito de río > > > > Institutional website: ICOMVIS > > ------------------------------------------------ > John Fox > McMaster University > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada > http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/ > > > -- *Manuel Spínola, Ph.D.* Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre Universidad Nacional Apartado 1350-3000 Heredia COSTA RICA [email protected] [email protected] Teléfono: (506) 2277-3598 Fax: (506) 2237-7036 Personal website: Lobito de río <https://sites.google.com/site/lobitoderio/> Institutional website: ICOMVIS <http://www.icomvis.una.ac.cr/> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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