On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Stuart Vyse wrote:
I am new to R but have spent a little time messing around with it. I
am running version 2.8.1 under Leopard OS 10.5 on a power PC and also
on my laptop, which is Intel. Unless, I am wrong, this version is just
a bit buggy.
1. In the R Commander, there is no direct entry of data. The Edit menu
does not include a "New data set" choice, as advertised in the Windows
version.
2. Entering data from a text file is not always trouble free.
Variables do not always seem to be understood as variables.
Scatterplot and Matrix scatterplot options under Graph are grayed out
when they shouldn't be.
3. Finally, attempting to edit your imported data file (by clicking
the "Edit data set") does open an editor window, but clicking around
in it to delete variables, etc, invariably leads to the program
hanging. The spinning beach ball.
Am I missing something? Any suggestions?
Are you talking about Rcmdr only? That is contributed software, so it
is unfair to blame 'R" for it (and not to give credit to John Fox for it).
There is a specific list for R on Macs, R-sig-Mac -- see the posting
guide. Mac issues do tend to get overlooked on this very busy general
list, and you weere asked in the posting guide to 'discuss possible bugs'
there.
One short answer is that Rcmdr is a Tcl/Tk program, and Tcl/Tk does not
work particularly well on your minority platform. But detailed,
reproducible reports to the author (John Fox for Rcmdr) or the appropriate
list (R-sig-mac) will help to improve the workarounds. And I know John
bought a Mac to help support Mac users and is unfailingly helpful to users
of his software.
Stuart Vyse
Professor
Box 5621 web: http://www.stuartvyse.com
Department of Psychology Phone: 860-439-2339
Connecticut College FAX 860-439-5300
New London, CT 06320 email: stuart.v...@conncoll.edu
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