R help - Sep 2004 - can't get the quartz window to the background

Dear List,

I have switched from Linux to OS X, and I find the R interface there
really nice.  I am using Emacs+ESS, and the quartz device.

My only problem is that

1. I can't move the quartz window, whenever I go above it I see a
   spinning rainbow circle (AFAIK that means "I am busy" or
"can't
   touch me" in OS X)

2. Once something gets in front of it, I cannot raise it any more.

3. I don't see it when I cycle the windows with Alt-Tab

I am sure that I am missing something, read the manual and searched
the archives, but found no solution to this.  That might be because I
am really new to OS X.

Thanks,

Tamas

On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 01:50:21PM -0400, Tamas K Papp
wrote:
> 1. I can't move the quartz window, whenever I go above it I see a
>    spinning rainbow circle (AFAIK that means "I am busy" or
"can't
>    touch me" in OS X)
> 
> 2. Once something gets in front of it, I cannot raise it any more.
> 
> 3. I don't see it when I cycle the windows with Alt-Tab
Sorry, misleading subject.  My problem is that I can't get it to the
_foreground_.

Tamas

Hello!

The Quartz device only works well when is launched from  R.app. You may 
launch an X Dev (the default when not in R.app) or use R.app. However if 
neither one is a choice, you may use dev.copy() or dev.copy2eps() to save 
your graph.

Regards.


On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Tamas K Papp wrote:
> Dear List,
> 
> I have switched from Linux to OS X, and I find the R interface there
> really nice.  I am using Emacs+ESS, and the quartz device.
> 
> My only problem is that
> 
> 1. I can't move the quartz window, whenever I go above it I see a
>    spinning rainbow circle (AFAIK that means "I am busy" or
"can't
>    touch me" in OS X)
> 
> 2. Once something gets in front of it, I cannot raise it any more.
> 
> 3. I don't see it when I cycle the windows with Alt-Tab
> 
> I am sure that I am missing something, read the manual and searched
> the archives, but found no solution to this.  That might be because I
> am really new to OS X.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tamas
> 


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