I think discussion now confused, at least on my end, as I agree too Home directory in Preferences is good Drag and drop to go to new directories is good Random would be bad
But most often when I start R.app I go back to the place I was, which is usually not home, so finding the drop to drag takes some effort, merely double clicking seemed like it would be convenient But I can drag and drop And more code would make the thing fatter with more bugs So I can do it -- Loren Engrav Univ Washington Seattle > From: Kasper Daniel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2007 11:38:39 -0800 > To: Simon Urbanek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Loren Engrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me > > > On Dec 9, 2007, at 7:12 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote: > >> >> 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. > > And I think most everyone else agrees with what Simon says here.. > > Kasper > > >> 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 > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
