R help - Jul 2018 - Where does ' Setting LC_CTYPE failed, using "C" ' come from? 2

Another try, I am sorry.

On 17.07.18 14:46, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> I an sorry that I cannot answer your question, but you don't seem to be
very effective in your use of this resource.
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am fighting to get rid of the messages like:
>>
>> During startup - Warning messages:
>> Setting LC_CTYPE failed, using "C"
>> Setting LC_COLLATE failed, using "C"
>>
>> This is annoying, because when building a package using R CMD, This
>> message keeps cropping up.
>>
>> Here my R:
>> Sys.getlocale()
>> [1] "C"
>> ...................
>>
>> Executing
>>
>>      Open Terminal
>>      Write or paste in: defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG
>> en_US.UTF-8
>>      Close Terminal
>>      Start R
>>
>> as suggested on 
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9689104/installing-r-on-mac-warning-messages-setting-lc-ctype-failed-using-c,

  did not help :-(

Pointers are welcome
C.

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> On Jul 17, 2018, at 7:36 AM, Christian <christian at echoffmann.ch>
wrote:
> 
> Another try, I am sorry.
> 
> On 17.07.18 14:46, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>> I an sorry that I cannot answer your question, but you don't seem
to be very effective in your use of this resource.
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I am fighting to get rid of the messages like:
>>> 
>>> During startup - Warning messages:
>>> Setting LC_CTYPE failed, using "C"
>>> Setting LC_COLLATE failed, using "C"
>>> 
>>> This is annoying, because when building a package using R CMD, This
>>> message keeps cropping up.
>>> 
>>> Here my R:
>>> Sys.getlocale()
>>> [1] "C"
>>> ...................
>>> 
>>> Executing
>>> 
>>>     Open Terminal
>>>     Write or paste in: defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG
>>> en_US.UTF-8
>>>     Close Terminal
>>>     Start R
>>> 
>>> as suggested on 
> 
>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9689104/installing-r-on-mac-warning-messages-setting-lc-ctype-failed-using-c,
> 
> did not help :-(
Sigh, claiming that something "did not help" usually ...does not help.
You need a clear unambigous description of everything that was in place and
exactly what was being done when the unexpected behavior occurred.

And you need to post that description in the right venue which you have already
been advised is not rhelp. I see that you have (probably unsuccessfully)
attempted cross-posting to the right venue, r-sig-mac. Cross-posting to multiple
r lists is deprecated by the Posting Guide which you should now read.

Then you should subscribe to r-sig-mac using the web interface and only
afterwards post to the correct venue: r-sig-mac at r-project.org. As always with
first time posting you will see your first post held up in the queue for
moderation, so don't send any additional queries until your post appears in
that list's archive:
https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/
> 
> Pointers are welcome
> C.
> 
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> Switzerland
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> On 17 Jul 2018, at 18:18 , David Winsemius <dwinsemius at
comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>>>> Executing
>>>> 
>>>>    Open Terminal
>>>>    Write or paste in: defaults write org.R-project.R force.LANG
>>>> en_US.UTF-8
>>>>    Close Terminal
>>>>    Start R
>>>> 
>>>> as suggested on 
>> 
>>
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9689104/installing-r-on-mac-warning-messages-setting-lc-ctype-failed-using-c,
>> 
>> did not help :-(
> 
> Sigh, claiming that something "did not help" usually ...does not
help. You need a clear unambigous description of everything that was in place
and exactly what was being done when the unexpected behavior occurred.
Hm, well, seen worse...

However, some detective works seems required.

C: (a) Can you at this point do the equivalent of the following (in a Terminal
window):

Peter-Dalgaards-MacBook-Air:~ pd$ defaults read org.R-project.R force.LANG
en_US.UTF-8

If not, then the "defaults write...." stuff has been entered
incorrectly or didn't work for some reason.

-?d



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