I understand, and can work with this But then R in the Mac dock is not of much value as it always goes "home"; no matter what you were working on last
Loren Engrav Univ Washington Seattle > From: Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 23:08:34 -0500 > To: Loren Engrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me > > > On Dec 8, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Loren Engrav wrote: > >> Thank you for the help >> >> Ah so, default is in Preferences and the new is under Misc in the >> menu bar >> I can do that and will >> >> But might it not be more convenient if on R.app start you went to >> where you >> were last time, since most often you wish to go to the place you >> just left >> > > Although it would be possible to make that a configurable option, it'd > definitely not want that. It would make R's behavior sort of random, > because you would never know where it will start from ... a really bad > thing (IMHO). > If you want to work on a specific project, it's much more convenient > to just drag the directory on R to start it and you can then work on > multiple projects conveniently and independently. > > >> As for >>> PS: Please use R-SIG-Mac for Mac-specific questions. >> >> This is appearing in R-SIG-Mac. What am I missing here? >> > > Oops, sorry, my bad, the "To" was showing R-devel for some mysterious > reason... > > Cheers, > Simon > > >> >> >>> From: Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:57:14 -0500 >>> To: Loren Engrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me >>> >>> >>> 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
