Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-09 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
Here is the solution. David suggested it was a Parallels setting. I searched through the Parallels documentation. I turned off the option to share Mac programs with the Windows machine. Then I rebooted both the Mac and the Windows within it. Now it works correctly. I think what I did was

[R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-08 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
I just bought a Mac and am learning it. I have a package which R CMD checks normally on a PC and in Mac mode on the new Mac. Under Windows in Parallels on the Mac, I am getting a message I don't understand. * checking data for ASCII and uncompressed saves ... WARNING Error in xzfile(file, wb,

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-08 Thread David Winsemius
On Jun 8, 2012, at 4:21 PM, Richard M. Heiberger wrote: I just bought a Mac and am learning it. I have a package which R CMD checks normally on a PC and in Mac mode on the new Mac. Under Windows in Parallels on the Mac, I am getting a message I don't understand. * checking data for ASCII

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-08 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
David, that makes sense to me. How do I respond to it? I ran into a similar situation yesterday. On the Windows side I have Acrobat Reader. Yet the default for pdf files on the Windows side was Macintosh Preview and Windows couldn't start it. I changed it to Acrobat Reader and then

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-08 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
Yes, .q .r .rcommand .rd .rda .rds are sent to R (Mac). .rdata ggoes to R for Windows GUI front end. I will experiment with the right target for the others. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Richard M. Heiberger r...@temple.edu wrote: David, that makes sense to me. How do I respond to it?

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-08 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
I just changed all 6 to C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.0\bin\i386\Rgui.exe which displays as R for Windows Gui front-end Doing that did not solve this problem. I guess the next step is reading the scripts in Rtools. On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Richard M. Heiberger r...@temple.edu wrote: Yes, .q

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-08 Thread David Winsemius
On Jun 8, 2012, at 5:16 PM, Richard M. Heiberger wrote: I just changed all 6 to C:\Program Files\R\R-2.15.0\bin\i386\Rgui.exe which displays as R for Windows Gui front-end Doing that did not solve this problem. As I suggested before, I don't really think this is a Mac problem. I think you

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-08 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
I am using exactly the same Rtools etc on both the real Windows machine and the Parallels version on the Mac. FOllowigin your hint I am sure the problem is a file extension association inside parallels. The trick is to find it. I am now doing a find / -name xz on both machines. Is it true that

Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Error in xzfile(file, wb, compression = 9)

2012-06-08 Thread Richard M. Heiberger
cygwin has bin/xz the mac doesnt have xz in its /bin I won't follow through today. reading the r code for Browse[1] xzfile function (description, open = , encoding = getOption(encoding), compression = 6) .Internal(xzfile(description, open, encoding, compression)) bytecode: 0x095cce70