Wow - excellent. Thank you a million. I'll try that shortly. Barry On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> wrote:
> Barry, > > thanks to your crash report I think that particular issue should be > hopefully fixed (it took me a while to reproduce as you need a big-enough > script open so it changes the margins plus you need to have doc restore > enabled). Please try out R 3.3.3 (if CRAN is not synced yet you can use > http://r.research.att.com/bin/macosx/R-3.3.3.pkg directly) - make sure is > says "R.app GUI 1.69 (7328)". > > Thanks, > Simon > > > > > On Mar 5, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Barry M. Lesht <ble...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi - In an off-list e-mail exchange David Diez suggested that the little > > bash function I put together might be useful for others. This isn't a > > 'fix,' just a way to simplify getting R running again. From David's > > experience it sounds like the only real fix available now is to > completely > > erase your hard drive and re-install Sierra, R, etc. > > > > My problems with R generally occur when I attempt to open an existing > file > > when working in R. I use "standard" R with the R GUI from CRAN. Instead > > of seeing the list of available files, an empty window appears along with > > the dreaded spinning beach ball. At this point I have to go to the > Finder > > and force R to quit. > > > > I added the following function to my .bashrc file: > > > > function fixRhang() > > { > > cd ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State > > rm -R org.R-project.R.savedState/ > > cd > > rm .Rhistory > > } > > > > After I force R to quit, I open an XQuartz window, and just enter > > > > bash-3.2$ fixRhang > > > > At this point, I can open R again and continue working (though obviously > > the command history is empty). > > > > I'm sure that there are better (or more efficient) ways of accomplishing > > this, but it works for me. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac