Message-ID: <C569FA38-1D74-4141-8351-2B71E928198F@me.com>
Date: 2009-03-26T01:04:15Z
From: Brant Inman
Subject: Frozen script editor window while R console is computing
R for MAC experts:
When using the current version of R for MAC, I notice a troublesome
behavior. Sometimes I need to build complex regression models
(usually using lmer) or simulations that take 10 minutes or more for
the computer to compute. While this computing is going on, I would
like to be able to take advantage of this "free time" to write more
code. But I can't! In my current setup of R for MACs the script
editor is frozen while the console is computing. That means that my
only recourse is to go for a 10 minute coffee or to the toilet. I
don't believe that my windows version of R has this same problem.
My question: Is there a way to set R for MAC up so that the script
editor window is functional while the console window in chomping away
at some calculations?
Brant Inman
Duke University