Difference Linux / Windows

On 3/31/10 1:12 PM, Christophe Genolini wrote:
Hi the list,
I am writing a package that happen to not be compatible with linux
because I did not know that the function "savePlot" was available  
only
on windows. Is there a list of "incompatible" function? How can I get
this kind of information?
One way is to obtain a copy of the R sources and then grep the Rd  
files for '#ifdef'.

I don't claim this is convenient.

nor sufficient - lot of it is simply in the windows directory (such as  
savePlot).
The safest approach right now is simply to read the documentation -  
savePlot does tell you that it works only for the Windows device. I'm  
not aware of an automated list (save for dumping the function lists  
per-package on each platform).

Cheers,
Simon
There has been discussion, and I believe general consensus, that  
we'd like to eliminate the conditional documentation.  This requires  
editing the Rd files to make the contents sensible (you can't just  
remove the #ifdef's).  Patches along these lines would be welcome.

+ seth

-- 
Seth Falcon | @sfalcon | http://userprimary.net/

______________________________________________
R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

Since this seems more like a wish-list discussion, if someone actually
starts thinking about the issue I would like to add the following
somewhat related point:

It would be nice if there were a mechanism, in task views or that could
be used by task views, to avoid attempting to install packages that will
fail on the platform. The current ctv mechanism is difficult for system
administrators because they actually have to know enough about R
packages to decide which failures are ok and which ones are not.

Paul
-----Original Message-----
From: r-devel-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-devel-bounces at r-
project.org] On Behalf Of Simon Urbanek
Sent: April 1, 2010 11:38 AM
To: Seth Falcon
Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Difference Linux / Windows

On Mar 31, 2010, at 18:38 , Seth Falcon wrote:

On 3/31/10 1:12 PM, Christophe Genolini wrote:
Hi the list,
I am writing a package that happen to not be compatible with linux
because I did not know that the function "savePlot" was available
only
on windows. Is there a list of "incompatible" function? How can I
get
this kind of information?
One way is to obtain a copy of the R sources and then grep the Rd
files for '#ifdef'.

I don't claim this is convenient.

nor sufficient - lot of it is simply in the windows directory (such as
savePlot).
The safest approach right now is simply to read the documentation -
savePlot does tell you that it works only for the Windows device. I'm
not aware of an automated list (save for dumping the function lists
per-package on each platform).

Cheers,
Simon

There has been discussion, and I believe general consensus, that
we'd like to eliminate the conditional documentation.  This requires
editing the Rd files to make the contents sensible (you can't just
remove the #ifdef's).  Patches along these lines would be welcome.

+ seth

--
Seth Falcon | @sfalcon | http://userprimary.net/

______________________________________________
R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

______________________________________________
R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
====================================================================================

La version fran?aise suit le texte anglais.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information, and the Bank of
Canada does not waive any related rights. Any distribution, use, or copying of this
email or the information it contains by other than the intended recipient is
unauthorized. If you received this email in error please delete it immediately from
your system and notify the sender promptly by email that you have done so. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Le pr?sent courriel peut contenir de l'information privil?gi?e ou confidentielle.
La Banque du Canada ne renonce pas aux droits qui s'y rapportent. Toute diffusion,
utilisation ou copie de ce courriel ou des renseignements qu'il contient par une
personne autre que le ou les destinataires d?sign?s est interdite. Si vous recevez
ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le supprimer imm?diatement et envoyer sans d?lai ?
l'exp?diteur un message ?lectronique pour l'aviser que vous avez ?limin? de votre
ordinateur toute copie du courriel re?u.

Since this seems more like a wish-list discussion, if someone actually
starts thinking about the issue I would like to add the following
somewhat related point:

It would be nice if there were a mechanism, in task views or that  
could
be used by task views, to avoid attempting to install packages that  
will
fail on the platform. The current ctv mechanism is difficult for  
system
administrators because they actually have to know enough about R
packages to decide which failures are ok and which ones are not.

Well, that is an entirely different issue and it is easy since we  
already have the mechanism in place: OS_type.

Cheers,
Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: r-devel-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-devel-bounces at r-
project.org] On Behalf Of Simon Urbanek
Sent: April 1, 2010 11:38 AM
To: Seth Falcon
Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Difference Linux / Windows

On Mar 31, 2010, at 18:38 , Seth Falcon wrote:

On 3/31/10 1:12 PM, Christophe Genolini wrote:
Hi the list,
I am writing a package that happen to not be compatible with linux
because I did not know that the function "savePlot" was available
only
on windows. Is there a list of "incompatible" function? How can I
get
this kind of information?
One way is to obtain a copy of the R sources and then grep the Rd
files for '#ifdef'.

I don't claim this is convenient.

nor sufficient - lot of it is simply in the windows directory (such  
as
savePlot).
The safest approach right now is simply to read the documentation -
savePlot does tell you that it works only for the Windows device. I'm
not aware of an automated list (save for dumping the function lists
per-package on each platform).

Cheers,
Simon

There has been discussion, and I believe general consensus, that
we'd like to eliminate the conditional documentation.  This requires
editing the Rd files to make the contents sensible (you can't just
remove the #ifdef's).  Patches along these lines would be welcome.

+ seth

--
Seth Falcon | @sfalcon | http://userprimary.net/

______________________________________________
R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel

______________________________________________
R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
= 
======================================================================

La version fran?aise suit le texte anglais.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This email may contain privileged and/or confidential information,  
and the Bank of
Canada does not waive any related rights. Any distribution, use, or  
copying of this
email or the information it contains by other than the intended  
recipient is
unauthorized. If you received this email in error please delete it  
immediately from
your system and notify the sender promptly by email that you have  
done so.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Le pr?sent courriel peut contenir de l'information privil?gi?e ou  
confidentielle.
La Banque du Canada ne renonce pas aux droits qui s'y rapportent.  
Toute diffusion,
utilisation ou copie de ce courriel ou des renseignements qu'il  
contient par une
personne autre que le ou les destinataires d?sign?s est interdite. 
Si vous recevez
ce courriel par erreur, veuillez le supprimer imm?diatement et  
envoyer sans d?lai ?
l'exp?diteur un message ?lectronique pour l'aviser que vous avez  
?limin? de votre
ordinateur toute copie du courriel re?u.
______________________________________________
R-devel at r-project.org mailing list
https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Simon Urbanek
On Mar 31, 2010, at 18:38 , Seth Falcon wrote:

On 3/31/10 1:12 PM, Christophe Genolini wrote:
Hi the list,
I am writing a package that happen to not be compatible with linux
because I did not know that the function "savePlot" was available only
on windows. Is there a list of "incompatible" function? How can I get
this kind of information?
One way is to obtain a copy of the R sources and then grep the Rd files
for '#ifdef'.

I don't claim this is convenient.

nor sufficient - lot of it is simply in the windows directory (such as
savePlot).
The safest approach right now is simply to read the documentation - savePlot
does tell you that it works only for the Windows device. I'm not aware of an
automated list (save for dumping the function lists per-package on each
platform).
It works only on the "windows()" device on the Windows platform. The
savePlot function *is* on the Linux platform (contrary to OP message,
modulo whether a mention of 'windows' meant the platform or the
device) but only for Cairo x11() devices.

Clear?

Barry