On Dec 9, 2007, at 12:03 AM, Loren Engrav wrote: > 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 >
The purpose of the dock is to get quick access to the application - that has no "value" in terms of which workspace you want to start - it's still up to you, not the dock. What I was talking about was R in the dock, so I don't see the connection. Anyway, as I said earlier, I think that changing the working directory on startup to some random path without user having a say in this is a really bad idea and I think a lot of users would find it disturbing. Cheers, Simon > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
