Jim got it right! If you set the DISPLAY env variable in the enviroment.plist as suggested and have X11 running prior to Kepler, then the R jpeg graphics display works in Kepler when you start by double clicking on the .app !
Thanks for the advice Jim! Dan Jim Balhoff wrote: > The reason is that applications you double-click are launched as > children of WindowServer, which is not part of your shell login > environment. Environment variables set in shell login files are only > set when you run those shells and processes you launch from them. If > you want to set environment variables for your entire GUI console > session you need to put them in a property list at > ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist. One unfortunate thing is that you can't > reference previously set values for variables using a $ sign in this > file. More information: > > <http://developer.apple.com/qa/qa2001/qa1067.html> > > Hope this helps, > Jim > > > On Jun 16, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Dan Higgins wrote: > >> Hi Jorge, >> >> I have some more information on your problem. >> >> When I execute the Kepler-1.0.0beta1 application on a PPC Mac by >> double clicking 'Kepler-1.0.0beta1', I can reproduce the problem that >> you reported. However, there is also a script for launching Kepler in >> the distribution called 'kepler.sh'. If I open kepler from the terminal >> using with './kepler.sh' with X11 running and DISPLAY set, then there is >> no error and the linear regression example works and displays a plot! I >> do NOT understand why the behavior should depend on exactly how Kepler >> is launched! (Perhaps something in how the ENV variables are passed to >> the app.) >> >> In any case, you might want to try launching Kepler from Terminal >> with the shell script and see if that works for you. >> >> Dan >> > > > ____________________________________________ > James P. Balhoff > National Evolutionary Synthesis Center > Duke University > 2024 West Main St., Suite A200 > Durham, NC 27705 > USA > > > -- ******************************************************************* Dan Higgins higgins at nceas.ucsb.edu http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ Ph: 805-893-5127 National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Marine Science Building - Room 3405 Santa Barbara, CA 93195 *******************************************************************
