On Mar 5, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Barry M. Lesht <blesht at gmail.com> wrote:
Hi - In an off-list e-mail exchange David Diez suggested that the little
bash function I put together might be useful for others. This isn't a
'fix,' just a way to simplify getting R running again. From David's
experience it sounds like the only real fix available now is to completely
erase your hard drive and re-install Sierra, R, etc.
My problems with R generally occur when I attempt to open an existing file
when working in R. I use "standard" R with the R GUI from CRAN. Instead
of seeing the list of available files, an empty window appears along with
the dreaded spinning beach ball. At this point I have to go to the Finder
and force R to quit.
I added the following function to my .bashrc file:
function fixRhang()
{
cd ~/Library/Saved\ Application\ State
rm -R org.R-project.R.savedState/
cd
rm .Rhistory
}
After I force R to quit, I open an XQuartz window, and just enter
bash-3.2$ fixRhang
At this point, I can open R again and continue working (though obviously
the command history is empty).
I'm sure that there are better (or more efficient) ways of accomplishing
this, but it works for me.
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