No, I was just intending to be generic in my description of the problem/process. The filename defaults to “untitled.R” and one can use that for testing (it fails for me).
> On Oct 23, 2019, at 8:54 PM, Jeff Newmiller <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote: > > Are you really entering an asterisk as part of the file name? That sounds > like an extremely bad idea. > > On October 23, 2019 3:13:48 PM PDT, Bryan Hanson <han...@depauw.edu> wrote: >> Duncan… >> >> I’m creating a new file. The menu item is “New Document”. I called it >> *.R to distinguish it from “New Rd Document”, and since when you >> attempt to save it the suggested name is “untitled.R”. >> >> I don’t see anything in the console. When I click an existing folder >> in the dialog, there is a brief delay and then the pinwheel, then it’s >> stuck. >> >> Bryan >> >>> On Oct 23, 2019, at 5:39 PM, Duncan Murdoch >> <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 23/10/2019 4:32 p.m., Bryan Hanson wrote: >>>> I have found a sequence of actions that causes the R GUI on Mac to >> hang: >>>> 1. Launch R GUI. >>>> 2. Open an empty *.R file via the button or menu or shortcut. >>> >>> Could you clarify this: Are you opening an existing file that is >> empty, or creating a new document? I don't see any way to specify *.R >> in the former, and I don't see a problem with the latter. A bit more >> below... >>> >>>> 3. Add something to the file. >>>> 4. Save the file via menu or shortcut (technically a Save as…). In >> the save dialog box: >>>> a. If you save in whatever directory is pointing to, everything >> works fine. >>>> b. If you attempt to change the directory, for instance by >> clicking on the icon for a folder w/i the current directory, one gets >> the pinwheel of death and R must be forced to quit. >>>> Can anyone else reproduce this? >>>> Bryan >>>> sessionInfo: >>>> R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05) >>>> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0 (64-bit) >>>> Running under: macOS Mojave 10.14.6 >>> >>> I'm using the same R, but macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. >>> >>> At some point in the exercise I saw this warning in the console: >>> >>> objc[27995]: Class FIFinderSyncExtensionHost is implemented in both >> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FinderKit.framework/Versions/A/FinderKit >> (0x7fffadb52cd0) and >> /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FileProvider.framework/OverrideBundles/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride.bundle/Contents/MacOS/FinderSyncCollaborationFileProviderOverride >> (0x112670cd8). One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined. >>> >>> It might be that in the newer MacOS this is fatal. >>> >>> Duncan Murdoch >>> >>>> Matrix products: default >>>> BLAS: >> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.6/Resources/lib/libRblas.0.dylib >>>> LAPACK: >> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/3.6/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 >>>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >>>> [1] compiler_3.6.1 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >>>> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > -- > Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac