I notice that 4.3.3 says" "Finally it is possible to use a specific directory for a single R session by dragging a folder onto the R.app icon. If R.app is not runnig, this will cause R.app to be started in the directory corresponding to the folder dragged. The same can be achieved on the command line - for example open -a R . causes R.app to be started using the current directory as the startup working directory."
The final statement seems incorrect, at all events without some further pre-conditions: At the terminal: ch2$ pwd /Users/johnm/r/ch2 ch2$ ls -lt .RData -rw-r--r-- 1 johnm johnm 2980 9 Dec 11:31 .RData ch2$ open -a R At the R console that is started: > getwd() [1] "/Users/johnm/r" > sessionInfo() R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26) i386-apple-darwin8.10.1 locale: en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8/C/en_AU.UTF-8/en_AU.UTF-8 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base Incidentally is making copies of R.app an appropriate way to allow multiple simultaneous sessions of the R Gui? Or is there some more direct way to achieve this? John Maindonald. John Maindonald email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone : +61 2 (6125)3473 fax : +61 2(6125)5549 Centre for Mathematics & Its Applications, Room 1194, John Dedman Mathematical Sciences Building (Building 27) Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200. On 9 Dec 2007, at 10:57 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2007, at 6:37 PM, Loren Engrav wrote: > >> Using Mac 10.4.11 >> And sessionInfo() say >> >>> sessionInfo() >> R version 2.6.1 (2007-11-26) >> powerpc-apple-darwin8.10.1 >> >> locale: >> en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 >> >> attached base packages: >> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >> >> >> Directory is ABC and history is XYZ >> So I change directory to FGH and history to QRS >> Then I quit R and say save workspace >> >> Then I start R >> And am back to workspace ABC and history XYZ > > Well, if ABC and XYZ is in home and you didn't change the default > settings and started R.app directly then that is exactly as expected. > > >> Would seem I should be at FGH and QRS >> > > Why? That would be quite bad as FGH and QRS have nothing to do with > your home. The whole point of changing a directory is usually exactly > the fact that you don't want to overwrite the workspace in your home. > > >> What am I missing? Is it staring me in the face and I cannot see it? >> > > I'd say reading 4.3.3 in the R for Mac FAQ may possibly explain this a > bit ... > > Cheers, > Simon > > PS: Please use R-SIG-Mac for Mac-specific questions. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
