Ok, I can drag and drop, thank you -- Loren Engrav Univ Washington Seattle
> From: Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:12:48 -0500 > To: Loren Engrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me > > > 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
