Dear Duncan, thanks again for your response.
> I'm talking about the R Core developers. Now it make sense. Those [R Core] are the key words that were omitted in your original email. > If you think this is a new bug, you should report it to the bug tracking system (which requires you to be registered first). Posting it to me or to R-help will probably not result in any action on it. Posting it to the bug page will at least result in a fairly permanent record. I already did. Deepayan told me to post it here first to make sure it is "really" a bug. Farid. On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 17/08/2018 10:07 AM, Faridedin Cheraghi wrote: > >> Dear Duncan, >> >> thanks for your feedback on this. Even though most developers are not in >> Windows (which I doubt it), >> > > I'm talking about the R Core developers. I used to be one, but have > retired from that role. > > there are a huge number of people who use R > >> on Windows and I am one of them who seriously work with R. >> > > Indeed, Microsoft promotes R, and they have a lot of developers; they just > don't contribute much to R. Honestly I'd suggest that if you are serious > about working with languages not supported in the default code page, you > should switch platforms. > > Following my own workaround to this bug, now I hit another issue with >> another workaround when trying to render the Farsi Unicode characters. >> While these workarounds work in ad hoc, they are not appealing in all >> scenarios;I hit other problems related to this bug, e.g., when documenting >> a package with Roxygen2 package. >> >> Please see the attached files (r scripts) for the complete bug report. >> > > If you think this is a new bug, you should report it to the bug tracking > system (which requires you to be registered first). Posting it to me or to > R-help will probably not result in any action on it. Posting it to the bug > page will at least result in a fairly permanent record. > > Duncan Murdoch > >> >> thanks >> Farid >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com >> <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> On 12/08/2018 11:48 AM, Faridedin Cheraghi wrote: >> >> that's right and I don't want to change my locale. my >> sessionInfo() : >> >> >> I think it could be another manifestation of a known bug on Windows, >> where strings are converted from UTF-8 to the current locale and >> back to UTF-8, a lossy conversion. This has been present for many >> years, and requires a lot of internal changes to fix, so I wouldn't >> hold your breath waiting for a fix. >> >> I believe the "right" fix is for R to always convert strings to >> UTF-8 internally. This wasn't possible when the >> internationalization code was added many years ago because not all >> platforms supported UTF-8. It would be a lot of work now, and since >> it isn't needed now on the platforms most developers use, it's not >> receiving a lot of attention. >> >> Your workaround >> >> file(script, >> encoding = "UTF-8") %T>% >> source() %>% >> close() # works fine >> >> is a nice way to avoid this problem. >> >> Duncan Murdoch >> >> >> R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02) >> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit) >> Running under: Windows >= 8 x64 (build 9200) >> >> Matrix products: default >> >> locale: >> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 >> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 >> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252 >> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C >> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 >> >> attached base packages: >> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods >> base >> >> thanks >> >> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 8:00 PM, Duncan Murdoch >> <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com >> <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >> >> On 12/08/2018 3:09 AM, Faridedin Cheraghi wrote: >> >> It was actually a .rmd file so you can get the coloring >> of the >> bug report >> in your text editor. I changed the format to .txt. >> >> >> When I run your script on a Mac (in a UTF-8 locale), all >> lines work >> as expected. I'm guessing you are working on Windows, in a >> non-UTF-8 locale? >> >> Posting sessionInfo() would be helpful. >> >> Duncan Murdoch >> >> >> >> -Farid >> >> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 7:24 AM, Jeff Newmiller >> <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us >> <mailto:jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> >> <mailto:jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us <mailto:jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us >> >>> >> wrote: >> >> ... and read the Posting Guide... only a few file >> types will >> ever make it >> through the mailing list so repeatedly sending >> files not >> among those few >> types would just be frustrating for everyone. >> >> On August 11, 2018 4:51:43 PM PDT, Jim Lemon >> <drjimle...@gmail.com <mailto:drjimle...@gmail.com> >> <mailto:drjimle...@gmail.com <mailto:drjimle...@gmail.com>>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Farid, >> Whatever you attached has not gotten through. >> >> Jim >> >> On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 6:47 PM, Farid Ch >> <faridc...@gmail.com >> <mailto:faridc...@gmail.com> <mailto:faridc...@gmail.com >> <mailto:faridc...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Please check the attached file. >> >> Thanks >> Farid >> >> >> ______________________________ >> ________________ >> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> >> <mailto:R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org>> >> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/ >> listinfo/r-help >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help>> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html>> >> >> and provide commented, minimal, >> self-contained, >> reproducible code. >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> >> <mailto:R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org>> >> mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help>> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html>> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, >> reproducible code. >> >> >> -- >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org> >> <mailto:R-help@r-project.org <mailto:R-help@r-project.org>> >> mailing >> list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help>> >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html>> >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, >> reproducible >> code. >> >> >> >> >> >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
