Run it without any packages loaded (--vanilla) to see if it happens. On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:54 AM, khadeeja ismail <haj...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using R-2.13.1 (2011-07-08) on Ubuntu. > > I have tried options("show.error.messages"=TRUE), but no change. > >> options(show.error.messages) >> options("show.error.messages") > $show.error.messages > [1] TRUE > > Here is the session info: >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) > Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit) > > locale: > [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C > [3] LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 > [5] LC_MONETARY=C LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8 > [7] LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=C > [9] LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C > [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C > > attached base packages: > [1] splines graphics stats utils grDevices tcltk base > > other attached packages: > [1] Rcmdr_1.6-2 car_2.0-7 survival_2.36-9 nnet_7.3-1 > [5] MASS_7.3-13 >> > > > Hajja > > > > > > Hi > > r-help-boun...@r-project.org napsal dne 05.08.2011 15:21:34: > >> khadeeja ismail <haj...@yahoo.com> >> Odeslal: r-help-boun...@r-project.org >> >> >> >> My version of R is not silent: >> >> > setwd("/notHere") >> Error in base::setwd(dir) : cannot change working directory >> > library(is notHere) >> Error in library(notHere) : there is no package called 'notHere' >> >> >> That is the exact problem. >> If I type the above commands, R says nothing and just displays the > prompt. >> > setwd("/notHere") >> > >> > library(is notHere) >> > > > R version, OS? > > You can try it with -vanilla switch when starting R session? This shall > start plain R with only necessary packages and without any data. > > Regards > Petr > > >> >> ...and it is so annoying :\ >> >> Hajja >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Can you give the specific context in which you are using it. >> >> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:54 AM, khadeeja ismail <haj...@yahoo.com> > wrote: >> > Dear List, >> > >> > How can I get R to display error messages, for example, if I try to >> change to a non-existent directory or try to load a library that is not >> installed? Currently R is very silent. I did fix the problem once using >> 'options' (show.error.messages, I think), but id doesn't seem to be >> working any more, and R doesn't tell me if I have an error in my > command. >> > Please let me know how I can fix this. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Hajja >> > >> > >> > >> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> > >> > ______________________________________________ >> > R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Jim Holtman >> Data Munger Guru >> >> What is the problem that you are trying to solve? >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >
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