R help - Dec 2000 - A bug (?) in Rgui Configuration Editor (buffer lines) in R1.2.0 for Windows (Rgui.exe)

Dear R users:

Today (December 18th) I downloaded R1.2.0 for Windows from

ftp://ftp.stat.unipd.it/users/guido/RWin

and then invoked its Rgui.exe to change its gui configuration. After I set
new values in Rgui configuration Editor frame and saved the set of new
parameters as a "Rconsole" file, then I re-started Rgui and R issued
an
error message concerning the buffer-line-value  in the Rconsole file.   When
I looked into the Rconsole file, R seemed to complain about the following
parameter-value setting:

bufiles = 8192

At first I thought this was a value-side problem, but after several
unsuccessful trials, I came to suspect that the name of the parameter, i.e.,
"bufiles," might be wrong and changed it to "buflines." 
Then R no longer
issued the above mentioned warning.

Is this some coding bug or something special for my case?

Cheers,

Akio Sone, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard-MIT Data Center
M-32 Littauer Center, North Yard
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138

e-mail: asone at latte.harvard.edu



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On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Akio Sone wrote:
> Dear R users:
> 
> Today (December 18th) I downloaded R1.2.0 for Windows from
> 
> ftp://ftp.stat.unipd.it/users/guido/RWin
> 
> and then invoked its Rgui.exe to change its gui configuration. After I set
> new values in Rgui configuration Editor frame and saved the set of new
> parameters as a "Rconsole" file, then I re-started Rgui and R
issued an
> error message concerning the buffer-line-value  in the Rconsole file.  
When
> I looked into the Rconsole file, R seemed to complain about the following
> parameter-value setting:
> 
> bufiles = 8192
> 
> At first I thought this was a value-side problem, but after several
> unsuccessful trials, I came to suspect that the name of the parameter,
i.e.,
> "bufiles," might be wrong and changed it to "buflines."
Then R no longer
> issued the above mentioned warning.
> 
> Is this some coding bug or something special for my case?
It's a bug.


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