On Aug 14, 2007, at 12:38 PM, Matthew Keller wrote: > 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.
Just as a side note, since CarbonEL you don't have to do it anymore as you can use the native graphics (also see the relevant posts). Nevertheless, I believe ESS/X11 usage it is still more of a religious issue ;). Cheers, Simon > 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 > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
