Thank you That sounds clever, probably too clever for me I think I will just drag and drop
> From: Steven McKinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:04:19 -0800 > To: Loren Engrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > Conversation: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me > Subject: RE: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me > > Hi Loren, > > The great thing about R is its depth > of functionality. You could write > a .Last() function in your .Rprofile > that makes a note of your session > working directory (in a clear text > file, or by modifying .Rprofile itself, ...) > so that your .First() function in .Rprofile > can find out where you were last and > start you up there. > > Cheers > > Steve McKinney > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Loren Engrav > Sent: Mon 12/10/2007 10:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R.app ?bug or me > > 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 > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
