Hi Paul, No problem. Is it best if I post examples to the bug report 16951?
Kind regards, Mark -- Mark O'Connell, PhD student Department of Mathematics & Statistics 231 Top Logic National University of Ireland, Maynooth ----- Paul Murrell <p...@stat.auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > > Thanks Frederick. > > Mark, if you have any examples to share, they would also be gratefully > received. > > Paul > > On 14/11/16 14:53, frede...@ofb.net wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > OK I tried not to make the examples too fancy. > > > > Please let me know what you think. They should probably be amended to > > support the Windows platform, but I think that task would be much > > easier for someone with access to Windows... > > > > By the way I'm Cc'ing Mark O'Connell who shared with me some great > > getGraphicsEvent examples - well, I found them useful, perhaps if > > these are going to the R distro somewhere, then his examples should be > > included as well. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Frederick > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 01:51:08PM +1300, Paul Murrell wrote: > >> > >> Great. Thanks! > >> > >> Paul > >> > >> On 14/11/16 13:41, frede...@ofb.net wrote: > >>> Hi Paul, > >>> > >>> Thank you, for some reason I didn't seem to get an email notification > >>> for your bugzilla comment! > >>> > >>> I will try to send you something shortly. > >>> > >>> Frederick > >>> > >>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 08:55:20AM +1300, Paul Murrell wrote: > >>>> Hi > >>>> > >>>> The current status is that I am keen for people to contribute some > >>>> testing > >>>> code (see https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16951) > >>>> > >>>> There were also some getGraphicsEvent() changes/fixes suggested by > >>>> Richard > >>>> Bodewits (cc'ed), for which I am also seeking test code. > >>>> > >>>> Paul > >>>> > >>>> On 13/11/16 09:00, frede...@ofb.net wrote: > >>>>> Hi Paul, > >>>>> > >>>>> Just checking in to see what the status is. > >>>>> > >>>>> From my perspective it seems logical to split off X11 into a separate > >>>>> package, so development can proceed at a reasonable rate, but I > >>>>> haven't yet tried to see if that's even possible. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>> Frederick > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 09:23:35AM +1200, Paul Murrell wrote: > >>>>>> Hi > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Taking a look at those patches is now on my todo list, so I may be in > >>>>>> touch > >>>>>> with both of you at some point to request some testing. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Paul > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On 26/07/16 07:17, frede...@ofb.net wrote: > >>>>>>> Dear Daniel Greenidge, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> To enable getGraphicsEvent on Cairo, you have two patches to choose > >>>>>>> from: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14364 > >>>>>>> https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16951 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The second one is by me, and the first one is from five years ago by > >>>>>>> Hugo Mildenberger. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Both patches are very simple, they move some lines enabling > >>>>>>> getGrahpicsEvent outside of a if(!cairo) statement. My patch also adds > >>>>>>> the ability to execute code (e.g. for animation) while the interface > >>>>>>> is idle. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Top guy Duncan Murdoch has expressed that he doesn't have time to work > >>>>>>> on applying these patches, and I haven't had any responses from the > >>>>>>> rest of the R Core Team. I was thinking that perhaps your best bet is > >>>>>>> to try to create a package called e.g. "X11-fixes" which people can > >>>>>>> use to get a better X11 library (there is also a bug waiting to be > >>>>>>> fixed from 2001: > >>>>>>> https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16702). > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I don't know if CRAN would accept such a package, or if you'd have to > >>>>>>> distribute it via GitHub, but R has excellent tools to facilitate the > >>>>>>> distribution of code via packages. Whether the R kernel exports enough > >>>>>>> functions to allow a package to take over event handling, I'm not > >>>>>>> sure. I was intending to look more into the details of this > >>>>>>> possibility but haven't had time. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Best wishes, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Frederick > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 02:15:59PM -0400, Daniel Greenidge wrote: > >>>>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I'm writing an interactive plotting function for viewing fMRI > >>>>>>>> datasets. Currently, I get keypresses using > >>>>>>>> grDevices::getGraphicsEvent(). > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Unfortunately getGraphicsEvent() only supports the X11(type="Xlib") > >>>>>>>> graphics device on Unix systems. The Xlib device doesn't support > >>>>>>>> buffering (i.e. dev.hold() and dev.flush()), so redrawing the plots > >>>>>>>> causes lots of flickering. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Is there a way to get keypresses while using the cairo graphics > >>>>>>>> device? Alternatively, is there a way to prevent flickering with the > >>>>>>>> Xlib graphics device? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Best, > >>>>>>>> Daniel Greenidge > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>>>>>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > >>>>>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > >>>>>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Dr Paul Murrell > >>>>>> Department of Statistics > >>>>>> The University of Auckland > >>>>>> Private Bag 92019 > >>>>>> Auckland > >>>>>> New Zealand > >>>>>> 64 9 3737599 x85392 > >>>>>> p...@stat.auckland.ac.nz > >>>>>> http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/ > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Dr Paul Murrell > >>>> Department of Statistics > >>>> The University of Auckland > >>>> Private Bag 92019 > >>>> Auckland > >>>> New Zealand > >>>> 64 9 3737599 x85392 > >>>> p...@stat.auckland.ac.nz > >>>> http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/ > >>>> > >> > >> -- > >> Dr Paul Murrell > >> Department of Statistics > >> The University of Auckland > >> Private Bag 92019 > >> Auckland > >> New Zealand > >> 64 9 3737599 x85392 > >> p...@stat.auckland.ac.nz > >> http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/ > >> > > -- > Dr Paul Murrell > Department of Statistics > The University of Auckland > Private Bag 92019 > Auckland > New Zealand > 64 9 3737599 x85392 > p...@stat.auckland.ac.nz > http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~paul/ ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
