Message-ID: <807EF65F-5CE9-4936-B3A6-5B325EA32A27@unsw.edu.au>
Date: 2010-11-23T23:09:20Z
From: Bill Northcott
Subject: Rcmdr in Aqua TclTk (Prof Brian Ripley)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.19.1290510005.28491.r-sig-mac@stat.math.ethz.ch>
>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if it is possible to run Rcmdr in Aqua TclTk (e.g.,
>>>> ActiveStates TclTk 8.6)? Could any replies be sent to me directly
>>>> since I don't subscribe to the list?
>>>
>>> Well, there is no 'TclTk 8.6' yet (it's a beta), but 8.5.9 worked last
>>> time I tried. However, you will have to build R to use it, and use
>>> (command-line) R and not R.app (the GUI).
I notice the new 8.6 Aqua Tcl/Tk uses Cocoa rather than the old Carbon APIs. Perhaps Simon has some comments about whether this might make it possible to play better with the Cocoa R.app GUI.
Bill Northcott