Compare: > quartz(); cat("Should this have generated an error instead?\n") Warning message: In quartz() : Quartz device is not available on this platform Should this have generated an error instead?
to: > x11() Error in .External2(C_X11, d$display, d$width, d$height, d$pointsize, : unable to start device X11cairo In addition: Warning message: In x11() : unable to open connection to X11 display '' Wouldn't it make sense that a failed call to quartz() would give an error instead? > sessionInfo() R Under development (unstable) (2015-01-09 r67397) Platform: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu (64-bit) locale: [1] C attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base /Henrik ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel