[R-SIG-Mac] Fwd: [R] R.app GUI 1.40 predictably and repeatably freezing PPC ONLY

[Oscar Moreno]

Same here, PPC with 1.8GHz PowerMac G5. 2.13 gave same behavior as  
described below.
Oscar


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Martin Ellis <martin.ellis at gmail.com>
> Date: May 3, 2011 10:53:44 EDT
> To: "Asquith, William" <william.asquith at ttu.edu>
> Cc: "r-sig-mac at r-project.org" <r-sig-mac at r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] [R] R.app GUI 1.40 predictably and  
> repeatably freezing PPC ONLY
>
> I've also noticed this behaviour on my PPC
> (powerpc-apple-darwin9.8.0/ppc (32-bit)), and have reverted to 2.12.2
> until I can figure out the problem. Since the command-line R seems
> fine, I assumed the problem was with the R.app GUI too.
>
> Martin
>
> On 3 May 2011 15:44, Asquith, William <william.asquith at ttu.edu> wrote:
>> After upgrade to R2.13.0 on powerpc-apple-darwin9.8.0/ppc (32-bit)  
>> on OSX10.5.8, very predictable and repeatable freezing of R.app GUI  
>> 1.40 occurs (spinning ball). This does not seem to occur when  
>> running R from Terminal.app. The freezing seems associated with  
>> what should be simple syntax errors. All other features seem to be  
>> working expect "Show function hints" at the bottom of GUI is grey.  
>> All my "syntax error free" code seems to parse and run just fine  
>> via source() or cut and paste.
>>
>> Here is an example that freezes every time.
>> rm(production) # does not matter whether production existed or not
>> summary(production)
>>
>> Here in another example that freezes every time
>> x <- rnorm(100)
>> y <- rnorm(100) + abs(x)
>> z <- rnorm(100) + y^2
>> lm(z~x y)
>>
>> Here in another example the freezes every time
>> asdf;j(d)
>>
>> I have no shortage of other examples. Apparently any syntax error  
>> hangs the GUI, and termination of the process via opt-cmd-esc or  
>> via shell is only solution.
>>
>> I upgraded an intel box at same time and can report no similar  
>> behavior.
>>
>>
>> -wha
>>
>> William H. Asquith, Ph.D. (geosciences), P.G.,
>> Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Texas Water Science  
>> Center, Lubbock Field Office
>> Science Building, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
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