Rcmdr 1.8.3 on Lion with R 2.15 shutting down when trying import data

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Dear Graham,

As I just verified, "Data -> Import data -> From text file, clipboard, or
URL" works fine for me, with R 2.15.0 and Rcmdr 1.8-3 (the version currently
on CRAN) under Mac OS X Lion.

I'm not sure what to suggest. Can you provide some more details?

Best,
 John
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Subject: [R-SIG-Mac] Rcmdr 1.8.3 on Lion with R 2.15 shutting down when
trying import data

I have just updated to R 2.15 on Lion but now when trying to import
data using Rcmdr 1.8.3, both Rcmdr and R shut down.

I can get to "Open" dialog box, but when I double click on a directory
to open it, Rcmdr and R shut down.

Selecting the directory and clicking on the Open button does nothing,
not sure if it has ever done anything as I normally double click.

It was working before upgrade and I can open data using the Data in
packages menu.

I have the same problem with both the Macs I have upgraded to 2.15, but
a search hasn't found anyone else with the same problem.

Has anyone any idea what might be wrong.

Many thanks,

Graham

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John,

Thanks for the rapid response

As I just verified, "Data -> Import data -> From text file, clipboard, or
URL" works fine for me, with R 2.15.0 and Rcmdr 1.8-3 (the version
currently
on CRAN) under Mac OS X Lion.

I'm not sure what to suggest. Can you provide some more details?

Well, this is very weird, if I double click on any directory (other than
the one where my data is stored) it works fine.

Double clicking on my Dropbox folder (where my data is) shuts R and Rcmdr
down.

Dropbox is typically write-only (i.e. you can't list it), so maybe check the permissions?

Cheers,
S
This is where my data has been for several years now, so it obviously
worked before the upgrade. It's the same on both Macs, so there must be
something odd about this directory, but I have no idea what it could be.

Thanks again,

Graham

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One of the potential fixes to attempt would be to track down the  
usually invisible .Rdata file that sometimes gets corrupted. You may  
need to use a Terminal session to do this. The fact that this only  
happens with the default or usual directory is what makes me think  
this common fix may succeed.
David

On Apr 11, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Graham Smith wrote:

> John,
>
> Thanks for the rapid response
>
>
>>
>> As I just verified, "Data -> Import data -> From text file,  
>> clipboard, or
>> URL" works fine for me, with R 2.15.0 and Rcmdr 1.8-3 (the version
>> currently
>> on CRAN) under Mac OS X Lion.
>>
>> I'm not sure what to suggest. Can you provide some more details?
>>
>>
> Well, this is very weird, if I double click on any directory (other  
> than
> the one where my data is stored) it works fine.
>
> Double clicking on my Dropbox folder (where my data is) shuts R and  
> Rcmdr
> down.
>
> This is where my data has been for several years now, so it obviously
> worked before the upgrade. It's the same on both Macs, so there must  
> be
> something odd about this directory, but I have no idea what it could  
> be.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Graham
>
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT
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Dear Graham,

I'm glad that you've gotten a bit further diagnosing the problem. I'm not
sure why the problem would afflict only the Rcmdr but one guess is that it's
Tcl/Tk related. Anyway, a work-around is to move the data to another
location.

Best,
 John
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Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Rcmdr 1.8.3 on Lion with R 2.15 shutting down
when trying import data

Simon,

Dropbox is typically write-only (i.e. you can't list it), so maybe
check the permissions?

As far as I can see permissions are OK, but not sure why this would
only affect Rcmdr ?

There is no problem using R, or Rstudio, excel etc its just Rcmdr that
is having a problem, and only since the update to 2.15.

Thanks,

Graham

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