From jfox at mcmaster.ca  Mon Nov  3 23:39:47 2008
From: jfox at mcmaster.ca (John Fox)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:39:47 -0500
Subject: [Rd] possible tcltk event loop problem
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Dear Peter,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk]
> Sent: November-03-08 4:58 PM
> To: John Fox
> Cc: r-devel at r-project.org; 'Richard M. Heiberger'; 'Erich Neuwirth'; 'Prof
> Brian Ripley'; 'Duncan Murdoch'
> Subject: Re: [Rd] possible tcltk event loop problem
> 

. . .

> > CHANGES or NEWS file to suggest this).
> ...
> 
> Hmm, does it help with a suitably placed tcl("update") or
> tcl("update","idletasks")?
> 

Yes, both seem to cure the problem, at least on my Vista machine (which is
what I just checked). I believe that I tried tcl("update","idletasks")
before, but must have put it in an unhelpful place.

I'll explore further and send another message if the problem persists.

Thanks,
 John



[Rd] possible tcltk event loop problem
John Fox