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From: jeroenoom@ @end|ng |rom gm@||@com (Jeroen Ooms)
Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 09:01:07 +0200
Subject: [Rd] Tcl.Tk Tktable package missing from R 4.0.0 on Windows
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On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 6:15 PM Fox, John <jfox at mcmaster.ca> wrote:
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> Dear R-devel list members,
>
> The Tktable package for Tcl/Tk is apparently missing from the Windows distribution of R 4.0.0. I (actually a user of the Rcmdr package) discovered this when trying to use the new-data-set dialog in the Rcmdr package, producing the error, "Tcl package 'Tktable' must be installed first."
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> I believe the Tktable has been part of the R distribution for Windows since R version 2.9.0, and is still present in the macOS distribution of R 4.0.0.
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> I apologize for not discovering this problem prior to the release of R 4.0.0. I did test the Rcmdr package under R 4.0.0 on both Windows and macOS, but not every menu item and dialog on each platform.
>
> Does anyone have more information about this problem?

Sorry this was my mistake. I somehow missed tktable when updating the
tcltk bundle for rtools40. This didn't show up in any package check
either.

I've added it back now, it should work again in today's builds r-devel
and r-patched. Thanks for catching this.

Jeroen



[Rd] Tcl.Tk Tktable package missing from R 4.0.0 on Windows
Jeroen Ooms