On R 1.3 / RH 7.1 / i386 (compiled with shared library support), I typed
* library(tcltk)
* help("some nonsensical string")
and R never returned a prompt (but not consuming any CPU cycles). If tcltk
is not loaded, I get the expected help error message, a prompt, and can
continue my session as expected.
Any ideas? I am running tcl 8.3.3.2.
I would assume this has something to do with event handlers...
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"Salkind, Lou" <Lou-Salkind at deshaw.com> writes:> On R 1.3 / RH 7.1 / i386 (compiled with shared library support), I typed > * library(tcltk) > * help("some nonsensical string") > > and R never returned a prompt (but not consuming any CPU cycles). If tcltk > is not loaded, I get the expected help error message, a prompt, and can > continue my session as expected. > Any ideas? I am running tcl 8.3.3.2. > I would assume this has something to do with event handlers...Not unlikely, but AFAICS RH 7.1 ships with tcl-8.3.1, so perhaps something about your Tcl setup is confusing matters? I cant seem to reproduce that effect with a stock RH7.1 and the most recent r-patched: $ bin/R -q --vanilla> library(tcltk) > help("nonsense stuff")Error in help("nonsense stuff") : No documentation for `nonsense stuff' in specified packages and libraries: you could try `help.search("nonsense stuff")' -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
I'll try relinking R-patched with the RH version of tcl next week and let you know if I still see the same problem. -----Original Message----- From: Peter Dalgaard BSA [mailto:p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk] Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 3:15 PM To: Salkind, Lou Cc: 'r-help-digest at stat.math.ethz.ch' Subject: Re: [R] R hanging after loading tcltk "Salkind, Lou" <Lou-Salkind at deshaw.com> writes:> On R 1.3 / RH 7.1 / i386 (compiled with shared library support), I typed > * library(tcltk) > * help("some nonsensical string") > > and R never returned a prompt (but not consuming any CPU cycles). Iftcltk> is not loaded, I get the expected help error message, a prompt, and can > continue my session as expected. > Any ideas? I am running tcl 8.3.3.2. > I would assume this has something to do with event handlers...Not unlikely, but AFAICS RH 7.1 ships with tcl-8.3.1, so perhaps something about your Tcl setup is confusing matters? I cant seem to reproduce that effect with a stock RH7.1 and the most recent r-patched: $ bin/R -q --vanilla> library(tcltk) > help("nonsense stuff")Error in help("nonsense stuff") : No documentation for `nonsense stuff' in specified packages and libraries: you could try `help.search("nonsense stuff")' -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) 35327907 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help 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-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._