The problem seems to be with the Electron framework they switched to in the current version.
>From https://dailies.rstudio.com/version/2022.07.1+554.pro3/ the previous >version works, but not the Electron version. For those that are interested >Electron is a newer framework that has the advantage of being completely free, >and is what is now used by RStudio rather than Qt. Ken > On 7 Feb 2023, at 2:49 pm, Kevin Thorpe <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca> wrote: > > Thanks Simon and Duncan. > > I found the same plugins and removed them. It works correctly in the R.app. > > RStudio still directs me to a browser window at the localhost address > 127.0.0.1 and nothing loads. I know RStudio is not R and this list is for R > so will probably have to search elsewhere for that solution unless anyone > here happens to have an idea. > > Kevin > > -- > Kevin E. Thorpe > Head of Biostatistics, Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) > Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital > Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health > University of Toronto > email: kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca Tel: 416.864.5776 Fax: 416.864.3016 > >> On Feb 6, 2023, at 7:53 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> That worked for me. I deleted two plugins from the global >> /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins folder named >> >> AdobePDFViewer.plugin >> AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin >> >> and dated from 2020. Now things are fine. >> >> Duncan Murdoch >> >> On 06/02/2023 7:36 p.m., Simon Urbanek wrote: >>> Kevin, >>> oh, that's something entirely different - what I was talking about was if >>> you use >>> vignette("survival") >>> in R it opens a Preview with the vignette. >>> What you describe seems like a browser plugin issue, because the help >>> system is just an html page (assuming you are talking about the html help >>> system). So it seems that you may have installed some Adobe browser plugin >>> that doesn't work anymore. The plugins live in ~/Library/Internet\ >>> Plug-Ins/ (user) and /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/ (global), so you should >>> remove it from there. >>> Cheers, >>> Simon >>>> On 7/02/2023, at 12:01 PM, Kevin Thorpe <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> When I try to open a PDF vignette (say a vignette from the survival >>>> package)from the help system in R it does not open Preview. I cannot >>>> actually open any PDF vignettes. All I get is a finder window with the >>>> error I previously described. It asks me to select an appropriate viewer. >>>> Selecting Preview opens nothing and more errors are thrown to the Console. >>>> I could send you and Duncan screenshots off-list, since I know that theses >>>> lists are picky about attachments. >>>> >>>> The steps I take are: >>>> >>>> 1. Open the R app. >>>> 2. Start the Help system. >>>> 3. Navigate to the survival package vignettes. >>>> 4. Click the PDF link for the The survival package >>>> >>>> Then the errors happen. >>>> >>>> I will send a screenshot of the result off list. >>>> >>>> Kevin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kevin E. Thorpe >>>> Head of Biostatistics, Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) >>>> Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital >>>> Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health >>>> University of Toronto >>>> email: kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca Tel: 416.864.5776 Fax: 416.864.3016 >>>> >>>>> On Feb 6, 2023, at 4:58 PM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Kevin, >>>>> >>>>> can you then describe in more detail what you are taking about? If you >>>>> open a PDF vignette in R, it simply calls "open" so it will open in >>>>> Preview (as that is your system viewer). And you have confirmed that it >>>>> is what happens, so are you taking about something else? If so, please >>>>> describe every step you make to reproduce whatever issue you are having. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Simon >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 7, 2023, at 9:58 AM, Kevin Thorpe <kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, it does. >>>>>> >>>>>> Kevin >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Kevin E. Thorpe >>>>>> Head of Biostatistics, Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) >>>>>> Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital >>>>>> Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health >>>>>> University of Toronto >>>>>> email: kevin.tho...@utoronto.ca Tel: 416.864.5776 Fax: 416.864.3016 >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 6, 2023, at 3:56 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 06/02/2023 3:47 p.m., Kevin Thorpe wrote: >>>>>>>> Simon, >>>>>>>> Preview is my default viewer. In the finder window that came up I >>>>>>>> tried selecting Preview as the viewer to use and it still failed. The >>>>>>>> following errors went to the Console. >>>>>>>> 2023-02-06 15:43:55.448 R[62964:5174302] +[CATransaction synchronize] >>>>>>>> called within transaction >>>>>>>> 2023-02-06 15:43:55.568 R[62964:5174302] +[CATransaction synchronize] >>>>>>>> called within transaction >>>>>>>> 2023-02-06 15:44:03.253 R[62964:5174302] +[CATransaction synchronize] >>>>>>>> called within transaction >>>>>>>> 2023-02-06 15:44:16.012 R[62964:5174302] +[CATransaction synchronize] >>>>>>>> called within transaction >>>>>>>> Kevin >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Kevin. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you just run `open some.pdf` in a terminal, does it open properly in >>>>>>> Preview? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Duncan Murdoch >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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
