R help - Mar 2016 - Wooden Christmas Tree freezing when reading in files in El Capitan OS X

Hello everyone. Thanks in advance for your patience with my question. I
recently upgraded my operating system to El Capitan and then upgraded R to
3.2.3 (Wooden Christmas Tree). I also installed XQuartz. My problem is that
when I try to read in files using read.csv, R freezes. I have to force quit
every time. I've tried to uninstall/reinstall. I've tried older versions
of
R. I've tried working in the R.app and typing directly into the R console.
I've tried clearing the work history, resetting the working directory, and
reading in the file different ways. Has anyone dealt with this and found a
solution? Thanks!

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Explain _exactly_ what you mean by "try to read in files using
read.csv" and "reading in the file different ways". Which
commands? Is the GUI involved? Otherwise we cannot help.


> On 05 Mar 2016, at 17:58 , Lauri Torgerson <lauritorgerson at
gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone. Thanks in advance for your patience with my question. I
> recently upgraded my operating system to El Capitan and then upgraded R to
> 3.2.3 (Wooden Christmas Tree). I also installed XQuartz. My problem is that
> when I try to read in files using read.csv, R freezes. I have to force quit
> every time. I've tried to uninstall/reinstall. I've tried older
versions of
> R. I've tried working in the R.app and typing directly into the R
console.
> I've tried clearing the work history, resetting the working directory,
and
> reading in the file different ways. Has anyone dealt with this and found a
> solution? Thanks!
> 
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-- 
Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Phone: (+45)38153501
Office: A 4.23
Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com

(Please keep r-help in the loop. Rerouting it there.)

So not read.csv, but Finder interaction is the issue, and you have the obvious
workaround. I believe something like this was fixed in the patch versions, but
you might as well wait for 3.2.4 on Thursday and retry.

-pd
> On 08 Mar 2016, at 00:58 , Lauri Torgerson <lauritorgerson at
gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My data are in a csv file. I have tried working both in the gui (sending
commands over) and directly in the R console. I have used
read.csv(file.choose()). I just tried typing read.csv("file name")
directly into the console after setting the working directory and that worked. 
I have also tried to browse to read in data files using the File->Source File
menu but that caused it to freeze. I think I'll just keep R open for the
duration of this project so that I don't run into this program again... But
for the future, I need to figure out why it keeps freezing. Thank you!
> 
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> On Saturday, March 5, 2016, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Explain _exactly_ what you mean by "try to read in files using
read.csv" and "reading in the file different ways". Which
commands? Is the GUI involved? Otherwise we cannot help.
> 
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> > On 05 Mar 2016, at 17:58 , Lauri Torgerson <lauritorgerson at
gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone. Thanks in advance for your patience with my question.
I
> > recently upgraded my operating system to El Capitan and then upgraded
R to
> > 3.2.3 (Wooden Christmas Tree). I also installed XQuartz. My problem is
that
> > when I try to read in files using read.csv, R freezes. I have to force
quit
> > every time. I've tried to uninstall/reinstall. I've tried
older versions of
> > R. I've tried working in the R.app and typing directly into the R
console.
> > I've tried clearing the work history, resetting the working
directory, and
> > reading in the file different ways. Has anyone dealt with this and
found a
> > solution? Thanks!
> >
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> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > PLEASE do read the posting guide
http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
> 
> --
> Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Phone: (+45)38153501
> Office: A 4.23
> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
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-- 
Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Phone: (+45)38153501
Office: A 4.23
Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com

Thank you!

On Tuesday, March 8, 2016, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com> wrote:
> (Please keep r-help in the loop. Rerouting it there.)
>
> So not read.csv, but Finder interaction is the issue, and you have the
> obvious workaround. I believe something like this was fixed in the patch
> versions, but you might as well wait for 3.2.4 on Thursday and retry.
>
> -pd
>
> > On 08 Mar 2016, at 00:58 , Lauri Torgerson <lauritorgerson at
gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > My data are in a csv file. I have tried working both in the gui
(sending
> commands over) and directly in the R console. I have used
> read.csv(file.choose()). I just tried typing read.csv("file
name") directly
> into the console after setting the working directory and that worked.  I
> have also tried to browse to read in data files using the File->Source
File
> menu but that caused it to freeze. I think I'll just keep R open for
the
> duration of this project so that I don't run into this program again...
But
> for the future, I need to figure out why it keeps freezing. Thank you!
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, March 5, 2016, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Explain _exactly_ what you mean by "try to read in files using
read.csv"
> and "reading in the file different ways". Which commands? Is the
GUI
> involved? Otherwise we cannot help.
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 05 Mar 2016, at 17:58 , Lauri Torgerson <lauritorgerson at
gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everyone. Thanks in advance for your patience with my
question. I
> > > recently upgraded my operating system to El Capitan and then
upgraded
> R to
> > > 3.2.3 (Wooden Christmas Tree). I also installed XQuartz. My
problem is
> that
> > > when I try to read in files using read.csv, R freezes. I have to
force
> quit
> > > every time. I've tried to uninstall/reinstall. I've tried
older
> versions of
> > > R. I've tried working in the R.app and typing directly into
the R
> console.
> > > I've tried clearing the work history, resetting the working
directory,
> and
> > > reading in the file different ways. Has anyone dealt with this
and
> found a
> > > solution? Thanks!
> > >
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> > > ______________________________________________
> > > R-help at r-project.org <javascript:;> mailing list -- To
UNSUBSCRIBE
> and more, see
> > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > > PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible
code.
> >
> > --
> > Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
> > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> > Phone: (+45)38153501
> > Office: A 4.23
> > Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk <javascript:;>  Priv: PDalgd at
gmail.com
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> Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
> Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
> Phone: (+45)38153501
> Office: A 4.23
> Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk <javascript:;>  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
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