R 1.4.0 is now sinking into feature freeze, and we'd like some help testing it under Windows. Duncan Murdoch and Uwe Ligges have already volunteered. I've put a copy of SetupR140.exe at http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/bdr/RWin Also in that directory is a file TESTING suggesting some tests, not all of which have been run on this build. As the graphics internals have been changed a lot recently that is one area to check out closely. Problem reports to R-devel, please. (At this stage the features are frozen, so no feature requests ....) I don't have much access to a suitable (internet-connected) Windows machine these days, but Duncan may be able to put up later builds as testing proceeds. -- Brian D. Ripley, ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
This is unchanged from 1.3.1, but doesn't look right to me: If I run the graphics demo to the second prompt, I see:>> demo(graphics) > > > demo(graphics) > ---- ~~~~~~~~ > >Type <Return> to start : > >> if (dev.cur() <= 1) get(getOption("device"))() > >> opar <- par(ask = interactive() && (.Device %in% c("X11", > "GTK", "windows", "Macintosh"))) > >> x <- rnorm(50) > >> opar <- c(opar, par(bg = "white")) > >> plot(x, ann = FALSE, type = "n") > >Hit <Return> to see next plot:At this point I have an open graphics window, but the last line hasn't executed yet, so it's blank. As I go through the demo, what shows up is always one step behind the text that I see. Wouldn't it be better to execute the lines that are shown before stopping to get the user's input? To do this, the following changes to the script would work: 3,4c3,4 < opar <- par(ask = interactive() && < (.Device %in% c("X11", "GTK", "gnome", "windows", "Macintosh"))) ---> ask <- interactive() && (.Device %in% c("X11", "GTK", "gnome", "windows", "Macintosh")) >16c16 < opar <- c(opar, par(bg="white")) ---> opar <- par(bg="white")25a26> if (ask) readline("Hit enter for next plot...")... and then the last line repeated after each of the plots. Duncan Murdoch -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
The convention in Windows menus is that items which do something are
listed plain, and items that lead to dialogs (to which you're expected
to give input, and from which you're allowed to back out without doing
anything) are listed with dots after the name. The Rgui menu never
uses dots.
As far as I know, in Windows the dots aren't generally used in the
popup help hints on toolbars.
I think the following is what they should look like, to follow the
dots convention:
File
Source R code...
Display file...
Load Workspace...
Save Workspace...
Load History...
Save History...
Change dir...
Print...
Save to File...
Exit
Edit
Copy
Paste
Copy and paste
Select all
Clear console
GUI preferences
Misc
Stop current computation
Buffered output
List objects
Remove all objects
List search path
Packages
Load package...
Install package from CRAN...
Install package from local zip file...
Update packages from CRAN
Help
Console
FAQ on R
FAQ on R for Windows
R language (standard)...
R language (HTML)
Manuals
An introduction to R
R reference manual
R data import/export
R language manual
Writing R extensions
Apropos...
About
(I haven't got the correct case on lots of words above; the menus are
inconsistent about that, and I typed in a hurry.)
The menus are set up in the setupui() function in rui.c. The block of
code below implements these changes.
MCHECK(newmenu("File"));
MCHECK(msource = newmenuitem("Source R code...", 0, menusource));
MCHECK(mdisplay = newmenuitem("Display file...", 0, menudisplay));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mload = newmenuitem("Load Workspace...", 0,
menuloadimage));
MCHECK(msave = newmenuitem("Save Workspace...", 0,
menusaveimage));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mloadhistory = newmenuitem("Load History...", 0,
menuloadhistory));
MCHECK(msavehistory = newmenuitem("Save History...", 0,
menusavehistory));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("Change dir...", 0, menuchangedir));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("Print...", 0, menuprint));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("Save to File...", 0, menusavefile));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("Exit", 0, menuexit));
MCHECK(newmenu("Edit"));
MCHECK(mcopy = newmenuitem("Copy", 'C', menucopy));
MCHECK(mpaste = newmenuitem("Paste", 'V', menupaste));
MCHECK(mcopypaste = newmenuitem("Copy and Paste", 'X',
menucopypaste));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("Select all", 0, menuselectall));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("Clear console", 'L', menuclear));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mconfig = newmenuitem("GUI preferences...", 0,
menuconfig));
MCHECK(newmenu("Misc"));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("Stop current computation \tESC", 0,
menukill));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mlazy = newmenuitem("Buffered output", 'W',
menulazy));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mls = newmenuitem("List objects", 0, menuls));
MCHECK(mrm = newmenuitem("Remove all objects", 0, menurm));
MCHECK(msearch = newmenuitem("List &search path", 0,
menusearch));
MCHECK(newmenu("Packages"));
MCHECK(mpkgl = newmenuitem("Load package...", 0, menupkgload));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mpkgi = newmenuitem("Install package from CRAN...", 0,
menupkginstallcran));
MCHECK(mpkgil = newmenuitem("Install package from local zip
file...", 0,
menupkginstalllocal));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mpkgu = newmenuitem("Update packages from CRAN", 0,
menupkgupdate));
#ifdef USE_MDI
newmdimenu();
#endif
MCHECK(m = newmenu("Help"));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("Console", 0, menuconsolehelp));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mFAQ = newmenuitem("FAQ on R", 0, menuFAQ));
if (!check_doc_file("doc/html/faq.html")) disable(mFAQ);
MCHECK(mrwFAQ = newmenuitem("FAQ on R for &Windows", 0,
menurwFAQ));
if (!check_doc_file("doc/html/rw-faq.html")) disable(mrwFAQ);
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mhelp = newmenuitem("R language (standard)...", 0,
menuhelp));
MCHECK(mhelpstart = newmenuitem("R language (&html)", 0,
menuhelpstart));
if (!check_doc_file("doc/html/rwin.html")) disable(mhelpstart);
MCHECK(mman = newsubmenu(m, "Manuals"));
MCHECK(mmanintro = newmenuitem("An &Introduction to R", 0,
menumainman));
lmanintro = check_doc_file("doc/manual/R-intro.pdf");
if (!lmanintro) disable(mmanintro);
MCHECK(mmanref = newmenuitem("R &Reference Manual", 0,
menumainref));
lmanref = check_doc_file("doc/manual/refman.pdf");
if (!lmanref) disable(mmanref);
MCHECK(mmandata = newmenuitem("R Data Import/Export", 0,
menumaindata));
lmandata = check_doc_file("doc/manual/R-data.pdf");
if (!lmandata) disable(mmandata);
MCHECK(mmanlang = newmenuitem("R Language Manual", 0,
menumainlang));
lmanlang = check_doc_file("doc/manual/R-lang.pdf");
if (!lmanlang) disable(mmanlang);
MCHECK(mmanext = newmenuitem("Writing R Extensions", 0,
menumainext));
lmanext = check_doc_file("doc/manual/R-exts.pdf");
if (!lmanext) disable(mmanext);
if (!lmanintro && !lmanref && !lmanlang && !lmanext)
disable(mman);
addto(m);
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(mapropos = newmenuitem("Apropos...", 0, menuapropos));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("About", 0, menuabout));
The Graphics window menu items should be similarly edited:
File
Save as
Metafile...
Postscript...
PDF...
Png...
Bmp...
Jpeg
50% quality...
75% quality...
100% quality...
Copy to the clipboard
as a Bitmap
as a Metafile
Print...
close Device
History
Recording
Add
Replace
Previous
Next
Save to variable...
Get from variable...
Clear History
Resize
R mode
Fit to window
Fixed size
And the popup:
Copy as metafile
Copy as bitmap
Save as metafile...
Save as postscript...
Print...
These are in devga.c; here are the changes above:
MCHECK(m = newmenu("File"));
MCHECK(xd->msubsave = newsubmenu(m, "Save as"));
MCHECK(xd->mwm = newmenuitem("Metafile...", 0, menuwm));
MCHECK(xd->mps = newmenuitem("Postscript...", 0, menups));
MCHECK(xd->mpdf = newmenuitem("PDF...", 0, menupdf));
MCHECK(xd->mpng = newmenuitem("Png...", 0, menufilebitmap));
MCHECK(xd->mbmp = newmenuitem("Bmp...", 0, menufilebitmap));
MCHECK(newsubmenu(xd->msubsave,"Jpeg"));
MCHECK(xd->mjpeg50 = newmenuitem("50% quality...", 0,
menufilebitmap));
MCHECK(xd->mjpeg75 = newmenuitem("75% quality...", 0,
menufilebitmap));
MCHECK(xd->mjpeg100 = newmenuitem("100% quality...", 0,
menufilebitmap));
MCHECK(newsubmenu(m, "Copy to the clipboard"));
MCHECK(xd->mclpbm = newmenuitem("as a Bitmap\tCTRL+C", 0,
menuclpbm));
MCHECK(xd->mclpwm = newmenuitem("as a Metafile\tCTRL+W", 0,
menuclpwm));
addto(m);
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(xd->mprint = newmenuitem("Print...\tCTRL+P", 0,
menuprint));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(xd->mclose = newmenuitem("close Device", 0, menuclose));
#ifdef PLOTHISTORY
MCHECK(newmenu("History"));
MCHECK(xd->mrec = newmenuitem("Recording", 0, menurec));
if(recording) check(xd->mrec);
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(xd->madd = newmenuitem("Add\tINS", 0, menuadd));
MCHECK(xd->mreplace = newmenuitem("Replace", 0, menureplace));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(xd->mprev = newmenuitem("Previous\tPgUp", 0, menuprev));
MCHECK(xd->mnext = newmenuitem("Next\tPgDown", 0, menunext));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(xd->msvar = newmenuitem("Save to variable...", 0,
menusvar));
MCHECK(xd->mgvar = newmenuitem("Get from variable...", 0,
menugvar));
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(xd->mclear = newmenuitem("Clear history", 0,
menuclear));
#endif
MCHECK(newmenu("Resize"));
MCHECK(xd->mR = newmenuitem("R mode", 0, menuR));
if(resize == 1) check(xd->mR);
MCHECK(xd->mfit = newmenuitem("Fit to window", 0, menufit));
if(resize == 2) check(xd->mfit);
MCHECK(xd->mfix = newmenuitem("Fixed size", 0, menufix));
if(resize == 3) check(xd->mfix);
newmdimenu();
/* Normal popup */
MCHECK(xd->grpopup = newpopup(NULL));
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Copy as metafile", 0, menuclpwm));
setdata(m, (void *) dd);
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Copy as bitmap", 0, menuclpbm));
setdata(m, (void *) dd);
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Save as metafile...", 0, menuwm));
setdata(m, (void *) dd);
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Save as postscript...", 0, menups));
setdata(m, (void *) dd);
MCHECK(newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Print...", 0, menuprint));
setdata(m, (void *) dd);
gchangepopup(xd->gawin, xd->grpopup);
In the help pager:
File
Print...
Save to File...
Close
Edit
Copy
Paste to console
Select all
with source from pager.c:
MCHECK(newmenu("File"));
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Print...", 0, pagerprint));
setdata(m, c);
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Save to File...", 0, pagersavefile));
setdata(m, c);
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("-", 0, NULL));
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Close", 0, pagerclose));
setdata(m, c);
MCHECK(newmenu("Edit"));
MCHECK(p->mcopy = newmenuitem("Copy", 'C', pagercopy));
setdata(p->mcopy, c);
MCHECK(p->mpaste = newmenuitem("Paste to console", 'V',
pagerpaste));
setdata(p->mpaste, c);
MCHECK(m = newmenuitem("Select all", 0, pagerselectall));
The data entry editor also has a menu, but I don't see any problems
there.
I think those are all the menus!
One other comment about the menus:
There should be an Edit menu entry to invoke the data.editor. I
didn't even know the data editor existed, until I went searching for
menus.
Duncan
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Some bugs in graphics windows. I'm using a new build based on today's r-devel. In all cases, I started a new copy of Rgui, and ran plot(1,1) then started playing with the menus on the graphics window. 1. The "copy as metafile" popup doesn't work. It gives an error message on the console, and leaves R in an unstable state. Here's the error: Error: axis style "> >2. Selecting "Resize|fit to window" crashes the window if you shrink it so small that there is no space for the graph, just space for the margins. There should be some limit to how small you're allowed to shrink the window. 3. Selecting "Resize|fixed size" allows you to move the view of the graph around if you've got a smaller window than the graph. But if you - shrink the height of the window - scroll to the bottom of the graph - grow the window back to its original size you end up still only able to see the bottom part of the graph. The graph should automatically scroll back down, so as much as possible of it is visible. 4. Not reproducible, but while experimenting with 3, it appeared sometimes "mouse up" events were being missed, so you'd still be resizing the window after you'd let go of the corner of it. 5. And a suggestion for some future release: using a double-buffered display would make resizing less "flashy". Duncan -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:02:47 +0000 (GMT), you wrote in message <Pine.LNX.4.31.0112051452010.23381-100000@gannet.stats>:>I don't have much access to a suitable (internet-connected) Windows >machine these days, but Duncan may be able to put up later builds as >testing proceeds.I just put today's build online at <http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/r-devel>. I didn't put the miniR files online; I did put the rw-faq file there with its descriptions of what's in each file. Duncan -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
i tried to build a complete install package on win98, also compiling the recommended packages from the source the one things that does not work at the moment is that foreign_0.4-7 which is in the recommended packages does not compile this is what i get make: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/DEVEL/R-DEVEL/src/gnuwin32' make DLLNM= FLIBS="-lg2c" \ -C C:/devel/R-devel/bin/R.INSTALL/foreign PKG=foreign RHOME=c:/DEVEL/R-DEVEL R LIB=C:/DEVEL/R-DEVEL/library \ -f c:/DEVEL/R-DEVEL/src/gnuwin32/MakePkg make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/devel/R-devel/bin/R.INSTALL/foreign' mkdir -p C:/DEVEL/R-DEVEL/library/foreign cp -r ./INDEX ./TITLE ./BUGS ./ChangeLog C:/DEVEL/R-DEVEL/library/foreign/ make[2]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/c/devel/R-devel/bin/R.INSTALL/foreign/src ' gcc -Ic:/DEVEL/R-DEVEL/src/include -Wall -O2 -c SASxport.c -o SASxport.o In file included from SASxport.c:31: SASxport.h:15: swap_bytes.h: No such file or directory make[2]: *** [SASxport.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/devel/R-devel/bin/R.INSTALL/foreign/src' make[1]: *** [src/foreign.dll] Error 2 -- Erich Neuwirth, Computer Supported Didactics Working Group Visit our SunSITE at http://sunsite.univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-38624 Fax: +43-1-4277-9386 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
with R-devel_2001-12-12.tar.gz on win32k i cannot comlete i build, i get make -C front-ends make[1]: Entering directory `/cygdrive/d/Work/R-devel/src/gnuwin32/front-ends' gcc -c -o graphappmain.o -I../graphapp -O2 -Wall -pedantic -I../../include ../g raphapp/graphappmain.c gcc -O2 -Wall -pedantic -I../../include -DWin32 -c rgui.c -o rgui.o windres -i rgico.rc -o rgico.o gcc -s -mwindows -o Rgui.exe graphappmain.o rgui.o rgico.o -L.. -lRm d:\Rtools\bin\..\lib\gcc-lib\mingw32\2.95.3-6\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: ca nnot find -lRm make[1]: *** [Rgui.exe] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/d/Work/R-devel/src/gnuwin32/front-ends' make: *** [front-ends] Error 2 doing it with R-devel_2001-12-07.tar.gz works, however -- Erich Neuwirth, Computer Supported Didactics Working Group Visit our SunSITE at http://sunsite.univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-38624 Fax: +43-1-4277-9386 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
I've just put today's Window's build online at <http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/r-devel> I won't be able to update it again before Monday. Duncan Murdoch -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
since duncan murdoch cannot do it at the moment, i put todays windows build at http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/erich.neuwirth/r-devel/SetupR.exe -- Erich Neuwirth, Computer Supported Didactics Working Group Visit our SunSITE at http://sunsite.univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-38624 Fax: +43-1-4277-9386 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Today's build is now up on <http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/software/r-devel> I'll put up another tomorrow, then won't be able to do any more. But the day after is supposed to be the release day, so hopefully they won't be necessary. Duncan Murdoch -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel 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-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._