No, I was just intending to be generic in my description of the
problem/process. The filename defaults to “untitled.R” and one can use that
for testing (it fails for me).
> On Oct 23, 2019, at 8:54 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>
> Are you really entering an asterisk as part of the file name?
Are you really entering an asterisk as part of the file name? That sounds like
an extremely bad idea.
On October 23, 2019 3:13:48 PM PDT, Bryan Hanson wrote:
>Duncan…
>
>I’m creating a new file. The menu item is “New Document”. I called it
>*.R to distinguish it from “New Rd Document”, and
I have Catalina and it works perfectly, as far as this goes.
Ken
> On 24 Oct 2019, at 9:13 am, Bryan Hanson wrote:
>
> Duncan…
>
> I’m creating a new file. The menu item is “New Document”. I called it *.R
> to distinguish it from “New Rd Document”, and since when you attempt to save
> it
Duncan…
I’m creating a new file. The menu item is “New Document”. I called it *.R to
distinguish it from “New Rd Document”, and since when you attempt to save it
the suggested name is “untitled.R”.
I don’t see anything in the console. When I click an existing folder in the
dialog, there is
I have found a sequence of actions that causes the R GUI on Mac to hang:
1. Launch R GUI.
2. Open an empty *.R file via the button or menu or shortcut.
3. Add something to the file.
4. Save the file via menu or shortcut (technically a Save as…). In the save
dialog box:
a. If you save in
