Hello, I am having difficulty getting R to work on my Mac OS X 10.4.6 powerbook G4 and also with downloading emacs. I have been able to download the R but when I double click the icon I get a page with the copyright info and a few commands about license and to quit, etc. Executing the 'help.start()' command from that screen, opens another window with manuals, reference, etc. Could anyone help me to get R working with the partition screen from emacs on my computer? Or does the Mac have a better editor that I could use to navigate through R. I will most appreciate that. Thanks!
First be sure that you have downloaded the latest version of R for mac. Follow the MacOS X binaries link and download: R-2.2.1-universal.dmg, then make a custom installation including both g77 and tcl/tk. If everything is OK, you should be able to find R on Applications and all its libraries on /Library/Frameworks. R comes with its own editor so you really do not need and external editor. Besides you have the advantage of having help with the commands options, the workspace browser and installing new packages. With apple+return you pass instructions from the internal editor to the console. If you want to use an external editor, Aquamacs is a very good option. Once R is already installed. Download Aquamacs, install and follow previous instructions (read above message) to activate the graphics window. Then, open Aquamacs and choose: File/New Buffer/R from the menu and thats it. On the top of the window you will see the R icon. Click on the icon and you will have an R session. One of the icons lets you pass instructions from the editor to the R buffer. -- Dr. Jose A. Garcia Keck Graduate Institute 535 Watson Drive Claremont, CA 91711 (909)-607-92