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problems with history for R on Mac OS X

2 messages · Patrick Bennett, Rob Goedman

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Hello Everyone -

I know that this issue has been discussed on the list, but I still 
can't figure out how to use the history commands.

When I enter loadhistory() in the R Console window, I do indeed load a 
history file, but nothing is shown in the history sheet. Also, 
subsequent calls to savehistory() do not alter the text stored in 
.Rhistory.

Using the buttons on the history sheet, I can save my commands into a 
file, but I am not able to load them into R (pressing the "load 
history" button appears to have no effect).

In short, I can't figure out how to save my commands into a history 
file, or to load history files into R's memory. So, I am totally at a 
loss...

Any tips would be most welcome.


I am using R version 2.1.0 and the version 1.11 of the Aqua GUI on OS-X 
10.4.


cheers,
pjb


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Hi Patrick,

Can you let me know what your settings are in the Startup pref pane  
(Command-, and select Startup).
I'm interested in the History section settings.

Also, when you press the 'load history' button, does a finder window  
show up?

Finally, with Read history file on startup selected and a relative  
path of say ".Rhistory", a history
file should be updated and read in on startup. You can only see the  
file in a terminal with ls -l. Its
in R's working dir (unless an absolute path is specified). The  
contents is visible in the history sheet.

Rob
On Jun 7, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Patrick Bennett wrote: