Problem with R --gui=GNOME when launched from a menu system

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 10:48:28AM -0500, Marc Schwartz wrote:

On Tue, 2004-08-31 at 08:55, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:

Brian,

On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 02:21:40PM +0100, Prof Brian Ripley wrote:

What are stdin/stdout/stderr connected to when you do that? R --gui=GNOME
does write certain error messages (from GDK/GTK) to the controlling
terminal so you may need one, at least if there is an error/warning.

I see gnome_start in src/modules/gnome/system.c has

    R_Interactive = isatty(0);

I would think that was blind copying.  Please see if setting it to 1 
helps.

Excellent suggestion, I'll try that this eve.

Thanks as always,  Dirk

FWIW, no default change in behavior here under XFCE4 when using the run
dialog or in a desktop menu with the above source change.

It fixed the problem for me!

So a big Thank you! to Brian for the suggestion.