Sys.setlocale upsets windows graphics device (PR#8887)

Hi,
We tried it on 3 separate windows XP computers using version 2.3.0.
The original locale is set for Thailand on all 3.
So how do we fix it? Is there another patch?
Don't try to do graphics in the C locale on your computer?

I suspect this is a font problem in Windows, in that your fonts may be 
specific to the Thai localization.  But without a means of reproducing 
this, I can only guess.

If you can set up a debugger (see the rw-FAQ), you may be able to give us
some additional clues as the where the crash is occuring.
And why does the crash not happen with earlier R versions (eg. 2.2.1) on the 
same computer?
Because of the issue mentioned in the CHANGES file, the change to the C 
locale was reverted by opening a graphics window.
---
Sys.getlocale()
[1] 
"LC_COLLATE=Thai_Thailand.874;LC_CTYPE=Thai_Thailand.874;LC_MONETARY=Thai_Thailand.874;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=Thai_Thailand.874"
---

Thanks
Edward

----- Original Message ----- From: "Prof Brian Ripley" 
<ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
To: <edward.m at psu.ac.th>
Cc: <R-bugs at biostat.ku.dk>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Rd] Sys.setlocale upsets windows graphics device (PR#8887)

Works perfectly for me.  There was a bug in 2.2.1, but it was fixed in
2.2.1 patched (see CHANGES).

What locale were you changing from?  (This might be a Windows problem 
specific to your locale.)

On Mon, 22 May 2006, edward.m at psu.ac.th wrote:

Full_Name: Edward McNeil
Version: 2.3.0
OS: Widows XP
Submission from: (NULL) (203.170.234.5)

Type the following:

Sys.setlocale("LC_ALL","C")
hist(1:10)
CRASH

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Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Professor of Applied Statistics,  http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
University of Oxford,             Tel:  +44 1865 272861 (self)
1 South Parks Road,                     +44 1865 272866 (PA)
Oxford OX1 3TG, UK                Fax:  +44 1865 272595

Sys.setlocale upsets windows graphics device (PR#8887)

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