From j.van_den_hoff at fzd.de  Thu Jun  5 16:43:47 2008
From: j.van_den_hoff at fzd.de (Joerg van den Hoff)
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 16:43:47 +0200
Subject: [Rd] prevent `R CMD INSTALL' from reading  `.Rprofile'
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References: <20080605114145.GD29136@marco.fz-rossendorf.de>
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Message-ID: <20080605144347.GF29136@marco.fz-rossendorf.de>

On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 08:57:58AM -0400, Simon Urbanek wrote:
> 
> On Jun 5, 2008, at 7:41 AM, Joerg van den Hoff wrote:
> 
> >I tripped over the following problem:
> >
> >due  to  (my?) unresolved problems with cairo graphics under
> >MacOS (graphic window blocks unrecoverably)  I  modified  my
> >`.Rprofile'      to  issue `X11(type =  "Xlib")`   on each R
> >startup (as a workaround to automatic opening of  a  `cairo'
> >device when issuing a plotting command).
> >
> 
> That is not a good work-around (you are always forcing a device to  
> open). You should consider using

yes, I know...

> grDevices::X11.options(type="Xlib")
> instead.

did'nt  know  this  function. this is of course much better.
thanks a lot!

as  an  aside: after pestering the r-mac list two times with
my cairo problem (blocking) I won't do it a third time  ;-).
nevertheless  I'd  like  to  ask  directly:  is  this  issue
recognized as "real" (at least  1-2  people  apart  from  me
reported  it)?   is their any idea it what direction I could
search for the reason (concering configuration of  R  and/or
my machine)?

regards,

joerg


> 
> Cheers,
> Simon
> 
> 
> 
> >I  now  noted  that  `R  CMD  INSTALL'   obviously processes
> >.Rprofile since the graphics window pops  up  every  time  I
> >install a package.
> >
> >I want to avoid this, but options, notably
> >
> >--no-site-file
> >--no-init-file
> >
> >are ignored when using `R CMD' (yes: as stated in the help).
> >
> >question:   could   this  behaviour  be  changed,  at  least
> >concerning the above mentioned options? or is there  another
> >way to avoid processing/sourcing of .Rprofile?
> >
> >regards,
> >
> >joerg
> >
> >
> >ps: R 2.7.0, Mac OS 10.4.11. (PPC)
> >
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> >
> >
>



[Rd] prevent `R CMD INSTALL' from reading `.Rprofile'
Joerg van den Hoff