Hi, I am on a MBP with Mojave (10.14) and do not observe this issue in R.app, which I tested, but don't otherwise use, as I use Emacs/ESS and I don't have any issues there either.
It is not clear to me if the use of the Migration Assistant and/or Brew are germane or simply red herrings, or if either one are common to what Ben is experiencing. That being said, my recommendation would be to completely remove your R installation. If you used the CRAN binary, it should be in: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework I would delete the entire R folder tree from R.framework on down. I would also delete R.app from \Applications, since that seems to be at least associated with the issue, if not an actual cause. Once you have done the above, re-install R using the correct CRAN binary as a new, clean install. After re-installing R, then re-install XQuartz from https://www.xquartz.org <https://www.xquartz.org/>. In theory, that should be unrelated to this issue, I believe, but it should be re-installed after installing/re-installing R in either case. After the above, then try using help in R.app again and see what happens. Regards, Marc Schwartz > On Oct 17, 2018, at 1:48 PM, zListserv <zlists...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Many thanks for your suggestions. Not sure whether Ben’s issue is the same > as mine. Ben has problems with ?data.frame. My issue is a blank help window > when typing ?mean (or any other function). > > Peter suggested checking capabilities(). They are all TRUE. > > You both suggested checking configuration files. Removing .Rprofile, .Rdata, > and .Rapp.history made no difference. > > Simon suggested: > >> On 2018-10 -17, at 08:57, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> wrote: >> >> Few things to try: >> >> - do you see anything in the error console? > > Nothing noticeable in the error console, though I’m inexpert at reading it. >> >> - remove (rename) any and all customization files like ~/.Rprofle ~/.RData >> etc. > > No effect > >> >> - try running R from the console and starting the html help by hand to see >> if it works at all: >> tools::startDynamicHelp() >> help.start(browser="/usr/bin/open”) >> > > Help works when running R from console > >> - if that works try the same from the R.app gui *before* using help: >> help.start(browser="/usr/bin/open”) > > No effect in R (except it opens my default browser). > >> >> Cheers, >> Simon >> >> >>> On Oct 16, 2018, at 7:11 PM, zListserv <zlists...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> I recently migrated to a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) using the Migration >>> Assistant. Everything went well, though there are always a few things that >>> don't transfer such as applications installed by Brew which I installed >>> manually. >>> >>> An issue with R arose I can't solve. The help systen opens with a blank >>> window. >>> >>> Help works when I run R from the terminal so I know the files are >>> installed. Help works fine on the Macintosh I used a the source for the >>> migration so it isn't a problem I inherited. Re-installing R (see >>> sessionInfo below) didn't solve the problem. >>> >>> Anyone have any suggestions how I can get help to work? >>> >>> R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02) >>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit) >>> Running under: macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 >>> >>> Matrix products: default >>> BLAS: >>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib >>> LAPACK: >>> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.5/Resources/lib/libRlapack.dylib >>> >>> locale: >>> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 >>> >>> attached base packages: >>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods >>> [7] base >>> >>> other attached packages: >>> [1] HANDLS_0.34 zUtil_0.121 >>> >>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>> [1] Rcpp_0.12.17 lattice_0.20-35 digest_0.6.15 MASS_7.3-50 >>> [5] chron_2.3-52 grid_3.5.1 plyr_1.8.4 xtable_1.8-2 >>> [9] DBI_1.0.0 RSQLite_2.1.1 sqldf_0.4-11 blob_1.1.1 >>> [13] sp_1.3-1 gsubfn_0.7 proto_1.0.0 tools_3.5.1 >>> [17] Matching_4.9-3 bit64_0.9-7 foreign_0.8-70 bit_1.1-14 >>> [21] compiler_3.5.1 maptools_0.9-2 memoise_1.1.0 [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
