Ah, thanks again, that will have saved me chasing around for X11, should I go back to using Emacs.
Graham On 14/08/07, Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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
