You may want to wait for R-1.3.1, but there is a new version R-1.3.0-MacOSX.tar.gz in http//www.stat.ucla.edu/~deleeuw/R. It's in the folder "overfull", and it -- will be updated to 1.3.1 as soon as that exists -- has support for gnome, tcl/tk, and atlas -- includes 151 add-on packages (see the list in packages.txt). Most of them have been updated to the latest CRAN versions. -- uses the newest versions of the readline, dlcompat, gnome, f2c, atlas, tcl/tk libraries (all from fink, see fink.sourceforge.net) -- has the necessary dylibs in the folder "dylibs". If you find you need one, because R asks for it, download it and install it. If R asks for one which is not there, drop me an email. -- has five screenshots in the folder "screenshots", a small sample of the many possibilities. a. One has rootless XFree86 with the gnome interface for R. This may be as close to the Carbon version as you can get with Xfree. b. The Aqua rootless mode is fine if you want to interact directly with Carbon and Cocoa applications. The second screenshot is full screen X11, and proud of it. It has some tcl/tk demos running. c. The windowmanager for the first two screenshots is blackbox, and you see two fancy eterm windows running as well (with dragons and far-away planets and stuff). The third screenshot uses the sawfish window manager, running in a gnome-session. d. If you don't like gnome (most sane persons don't), then screenshot four uses the ice window manager, and shows another tcltk demo. Look in the lower left hand corner of this screen -- you are running Linux. And on a decent computer too. e. Finally, there is a screenshot which uses the Xtools Aqua window manager in rootless mode. This is obviously close to optimal for Mac junkies. By the way, the gnome gui does not work with XTools. Note: Running cksum on the file it should give 3276119375 28310961 R-1.3.0-MacOSX.tar.gz Note: If you install fink on your system, you will have easy access to the following window managers: twm, mwm, pwm, fvwm, xfwm, icewm, blackbox, enlightenment, windowmaker, sawfish, oroborus, afterstep. Xtools adds the Aqua window manager. Thus you can make your Mac look like a machine running vanilla X11, Motif, NextStep, Gnome, and even Aqua/Quartz. references: http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/x11/index.php http://www.xwinman.org/ ==Jan de Leeuw; Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Statistics; US mail: 9432 Boulter Hall, Box 951554, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1554 phone (310)-825-9550; fax (310)-206-5658; email: deleeuw at stat.ucla.edu homepage: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~deleeuw ======================================================= No matter where you go, there you are. --- Buckaroo Banzai http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~deleeuw/sounds/nomatter.au =======================================================-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-announce mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-announce-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._