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Can't save files from the Source pane of R Studio

4 messages · David Winsemius, Rui Barradas, John Kane +1 more

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I?m just starting to learn and use R Studio in my Mac.  Now I find if I type lines in what I think is called the source pane, and use Save as from the menu, nothing gets saved.  That?s true if I add the extension .R or the extension .txt.  If I try reopen the file in an empty source pane, it?s empty.  And even if I open the file in a text editor, it?s blank.  How can I save my work from R Studio?
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Hello,

R-Help is for questions on R code.
RStudio has its own help forum that you can access from the Help menu,

Help > RStudio Community Forum

Hope this helps,

Rui Barradas

?s 18:07 de 22/03/21, Parkhurst, David escreveu:
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Rui is correct but you should also check that you have write--permission to
the directory you are accessing
On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 at 14:28, Parkhurst, David <parkhurs at indiana.edu> wrote:

            

  
    
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... and moreover, the R Foundation that maintains and releases updates of R
software(open source licensed, free) is a totally separate, non-profit
entity from the RStudio organization, a for profit-company that has built a
support/data science infrastructure based on R(some of which is free and
some of which they charge for).

(Don't feel bad: this is a regular source of confusion on this forum).

Bert Gunter

"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and
sticking things into it."
-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:58 AM Rui Barradas <ruipbarradas at sapo.pt> wrote: