Message-ID: <C47045EA-38C1-47D7-9600-BE8DED44C699@r-project.org>
Date: 2011-07-28T13:01:44Z
From: Simon Urbanek
Subject: Spinning wheel when running script
In-Reply-To: <FCC00D03-0D98-4AFC-9253-879A351CC3B0@hearbirds.com>
On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:32 AM, Rick Johnson wrote:
> Hello,
> I am new to Mac OS having moved off Windows PCs, and I am struggling to figure out how to use R project on the Mac. Often when I enter script into the console, R goes off into a never ending ?Not responding? state ? the spinning wheel symbol shows.
> My usual pattern is that I develop R script in the editor, and then copy the lines I want to run, and paste them into the R Console window. On Mac it sometimes works and other times leads to the spinning wheel. I also have tried using the CMD-Return combination to run the lines with the same results.
Spinning wheel means that R has entered C code that is not interruptible. It's no different from the Windows version except that Windows GUI doesn't even have the indicator.
If you are running a script (interpreted code), you can interrupt it with <Esc> or the Stop button and there is no spinning wheel.
Cheers,
Simon
> Is there a different recommended way to develop, test, and run scripts on the Mac version?
> Is the latest Mac OS release a beta release; should I be using an older version?
> Thanks for any advice on how to proceed.
> Rick Johnson
>
> My software:
> Mac OS X, 10.6.8
> R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit)
> [R.app GUI 1.41 (5874) x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0]
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