R help - Mar 2006 - R for MacOSX - History and command line problems

Hi!

I have the following issues using "R for Mac OS X 2.2.1" (from the  
ppc-.dmg) on a Mac OS X 10.4.5:

1) The command history is never saved (automatically) to .Rhistory.  
(The file stays empty.)

2) If I save a history to some file via the "Save History" button,  
and I load it afterwards via "Load History", only the first entry of  
the saved History appears in the GUI. But: If I save that (seemingly  
almost empty) history again, the file holds all the entries that  
should have been in the loaded history file before. The loaded  
history can also be viewed with history(). In addition, if I try to  
recall the entries using the up-arrow, _alle the entries_ are  
recalled at once, allthough the history()-function seems to be able  
to consider them as _different_ entries.

3) Having typed some command and entered it with the return key, if I  
then recall that command via the up-arrow, the line _with an  
additional_ carriage return is recalled. Executing it, results in the  
command and an empty line being entered. (Of course, repeatedly  
recalling the last commands leads to a growing number of returns  
being recalled and entered...) This is quite annoying :(

I'd appreciate any help on this subject!

Ciao!
    Wiebke

Hi Wiebke,

To figure out what is happening, would you mind sending me:

1)	The exact version of the GUI you are running (the line at the  
bottom of
	'About R' , something like: R Cocoa GUI 1.14 (2283), S.M.Iacus &  
S.Urbanek.
	would be fine),

2)	Your R plist file (in ~/Library/Prefrences/org.R-project.R.plist),  
and

3)	Your .Rhistory file in the working dir *after closing a session of  
R*.

R-Sig-Mac is a better place to ask specific Mac questions.

Regards,
Rob

On Mar 24, 2006, at 12:59 AM, Wiebke Timm wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have the following issues using "R for Mac OS X 2.2.1" (from
the
> ppc-.dmg) on a Mac OS X 10.4.5:
>
> 1) The command history is never saved (automatically) to .Rhistory.
> (The file stays empty.)
>
> 2) If I save a history to some file via the "Save History"
button,
> and I load it afterwards via "Load History", only the first entry
of
> the saved History appears in the GUI. But: If I save that (seemingly
> almost empty) history again, the file holds all the entries that
> should have been in the loaded history file before. The loaded
> history can also be viewed with history(). In addition, if I try to
> recall the entries using the up-arrow, _alle the entries_ are
> recalled at once, allthough the history()-function seems to be able
> to consider them as _different_ entries.
>
> 3) Having typed some command and entered it with the return key, if I
> then recall that command via the up-arrow, the line _with an
> additional_ carriage return is recalled. Executing it, results in the
> command and an empty line being entered. (Of course, repeatedly
> recalling the last commands leads to a growing number of returns
> being recalled and entered...) This is quite annoying :(
>
> I'd appreciate any help on this subject!
>
> Ciao!
>     Wiebke
>
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