HI peter, My understanding is that that box disappears if R.app is build against OS X 10.9.
I've never seen that box (as I have been building against 10.9 for quite a while now), but I know folks have. As long as it is there I fully agree, much easier than defaults .... Regards, Rob J. Goedman [email protected] On Nov 30, 2013, at 11:09 AM, peter dalgaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 30 Nov 2013, at 16:58 , Robert J Goedman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, I've seen that as well and it is likely not limited to tcltk. >> >> Question is, for R.app, do we want to ship with NSAppSleepDisabled? I would >> be in favor (my $0.02). >> >> If yes I will commit. > > > One item: I found that there is a tick box "Prevent App Nap" available via > Get Info for applications (secondary click in the Applications folder), which > is somewhat more intuitive that the "defaults write ..." route. If we make > your change, will the same box appear, just selected by default? > >> >> Regards, >> Rob J. Goedman >> [email protected] >> >> >> On Nov 30, 2013, at 7:00 AM, peter dalgaard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 30 Nov 2013, at 12:37 , Prof Brian Ripley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> This does not happen for me provided R.app is visible. From >>>> >>>> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/MacOSX/WhatsNewInOSX/Articles/MacOSX10_9.html >>>> >>>> 'An app is considered to be a candidate for sleep if: >>>> >>>> It is not visibleif all of an apps windows are either hidden by other >>>> windows or minimized in a hidden dock, and the app is not in the foreground >>>> >>>> (other necessary conditions)'. >>>> >>>> which if accurate indicates that keeping the R.app console unhidden should >>>> suffice. >> >> >> >> On Nov 28, 2013, at 6:35 AM, Robert J Goedman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, and Happy Thanksgiving for those that celebrate it! >>> >>> If Peter is right (and I expect he is, but will experiment a bit more if >>> the setting can be updated while R.app is running and take effect >>> immediately), I would suggest for now folks just use 'defaults ...' from a >>> terminal window if they encounter these issues. >>> >>> Once we understand better what might be affected by allowing the sleep mode >>> we can possibly refine that approach. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Rob >>> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > -- > Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > Phone: (+45)38153501 > Email: [email protected] Priv: [email protected] > > > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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