Matthew, Thanks, I have at times run R from Emacs on Windows, but not convinced I will do this on the Mac, but worth knowing.
Graham On 14/08/07, Matthew Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would just add that if you run R from within Emacs on a mac > (Aquamacs or Carbon or one of the others), it's handy to have X11 > installed & started in order to have graphics windows. There are > several threads on the r-sig-mac that go over how to get this > working... > > Matt > > > > On 8/14/07, Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Graham, > > > > X11 is a window system used for applications that come from the unix > > world and have not been ported to Mac OS X window system (Aqua) yet. > > There is a handful of packages in R that require it (e.g. tcltk, > > RGtk2 and friends), as well as some R bitmap output routines (png, > > jpeg..) and the X11 R device (unsurprisingly). You don't have to use > > any of those (there are better options e.g. for the bitmap output), > > but if you do, you have to start X11. > > > > Cheers, > > Simon > > > > > > On Aug 14, 2007, at 7:15 AM, Graham Smith wrote: > > > > > I am brand new to the Mac, and wondered what exactly X11, does. > > > > > > The faq says it is optional, but equally, it seems important enough > > > for it > > > to have an icon in the r-Console. > > > > > > Having been using R in Windows, X11 is a completely new concept to > > > me and > > > wondered if someone could explain its purpose. > > > > > > I understand roughly what it is from googling, but can't make the > > > link with > > > it purpose in R on the Mac. > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Graham > > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > > > > -- > Matthew C Keller > Postdoctoral Fellow > Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
