fix() recovery

If I edit a function in fix() and the function has a syntax error, I am
unable to recover the edit file on Macintosh the way I do on other
platforms. This is what I get:

fix(newf)

Error in edit(name, file, editor) : An error occurred on line 5
 use a command like
 x <- edit()
 to recover

newf <- edit()

Error in edit(name, file, editor) : unable to open file to read

Here, edit() opens an empty window instead of a window with the code 
from
the previous fix().

Any suggestions? Thanks!

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 Peter D.M. Macdonald, D.Phil.      McMaster University
 Professor of Math & Statistics     Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
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you should use newf <- edit(newf)

or again fix(newf)

I hope this helps you.

On the contrary I discovered a bug with the edit window I'm about to 
fix.
This is linked to the displaying of help files.

If you have an object that somewhere contains a "_", the edit window 
will remove it.

Stefano


On Giovedì, ottobre 11, 2001, at 09:06 , Peter Macdonald wrote:

If I edit a function in fix() and the function has a syntax error, I am
unable to recover the edit file on Macintosh the way I do on other
platforms. This is what I get:

fix(newf)

Error in edit(name, file, editor) : An error occurred on line 5
 use a command like
 x <- edit()
 to recover

newf <- edit()

Error in edit(name, file, editor) : unable to open file to read

Here, edit() opens an empty window instead of a window with the code 
from
the previous fix().

Any suggestions? Thanks!