can't get the quartz window to the background

Yes, this is the famous SetForegroundProcess problem. There
is a way around it that does not involve changing the R sources.

One simple version of this is to download my R from
http://gifi.stat.ucla.edu/pub, although that computer is currently down.
because of our move.

The other is to apply the resourcefork hack.

1. Install Aqua Tcl/Tk and recompile R using this Tcl/Tk, configuring  
with

configure  
--with-tcl-config=/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/tclConfig.sh  
--with-tk-config=/Library/Frameworks/Tk.framework/tkConfig.sh  
--enable-R-shlib --with-aqua --with-blas='-framework vecLib'  
--with-lapack TCLTK_LIBS='-framework Tcl -framework Tk'  
TCLTK_CPPFLAGS='-I/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.Framework/Headers  
-I/Library/Frameworks/Tk.Framework/Headers'

2. Go to

/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin/exec and say

sudo /Developer/Tools/Rez -t APPL Carbon.r -o R

same in Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Resources/bin

3. When you start R from terminal or emacs, first load the tcltk  
library.
You can put this in R.profile, so it's done automatically.

This amounts to borrowing the Aqua Tcl/Tk event loop to run R as
a Classic (Tcl/Tk) application.



Now you're set

From the r-help list I got the answer included below to my original

question, which was about Quartz not working properly when called from
a command-line/Emacs-inferior R process, only from R.app (the Quartz
windows becomes "passive", you cannot select or resize it).

I wonder if anybody has a solution to this, whether the issue is known
and if somebody knowledgeable would please fix this for the next
release.  I didn't want to post a bug report myself.

Thanks

Tamas

On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 05:59:58PM -0500, Ulises Mora Alvarez wrote:

Hello!

The Quartz device only works well when is launched from  R.app. You  
may
launch an X Dev (the default when not in R.app) or use R.app. However  
if
neither one is a choice, you may use dev.copy() or dev.copy2eps() to  
save
your graph.

Regards.


On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Tamas K Papp wrote:

Dear List,

I have switched from Linux to OS X, and I find the R interface there
really nice.  I am using Emacs+ESS, and the quartz device.

My only problem is that

1. I can't move the quartz window, whenever I go above it I see a
   spinning rainbow circle (AFAIK that means "I am busy" or "can't
   touch me" in OS X)

2. Once something gets in front of it, I cannot raise it any more.

3. I don't see it when I cycle the windows with Alt-Tab

I am sure that I am missing something, read the manual and searched
the archives, but found no solution to this.  That might be because I
am really new to OS X.

Thanks,

Tamas

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