Curiouser and curiouser, now my local build of R-devel stopped using xft _without any recompile_ I swear that it worked before I installed R-3.4.0.pkg....
I have both /opt/local/ and /usr/local variants of Tcl/Tk 8.6 and only the former has wish8.6 understanding the tk::pkgconfig stuff, so there is plenty of room for confusion. The latter seems to be from Simon's site; the other one could be a MacPorts relic... -pd > On 16 May 2017, at 13:28 , peter dalgaard <pda...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's a build issue relating to Tcl/Tk, not specifically Rcmdr (Rcmdr does > something slightly weird[*] with the fonts too, but this seems to be > orthogonal to the ugly-font issue). > > To see the issue quickly, try > > library(tcltk) > .Tcl("::tk::pkgconfig get fontsystem") > > With CRAN 3.3.3, I get > > <Tcl> xft > > and likewise with a local nightly build of R-devel, but CRAN 3.4.0 says > >> .Tcl("::tk::pkgconfig get fontsystem") > Error in .Tcl("::tk::pkgconfig get fontsystem") : > could not find function ".Tcl" > > as does a local build of R-patched (???!!!). > > This is pretty weird. I'll see if I can dig up some more about where the > difference is. > > -pd > > > > [*] Try library(tcltk); demo(tkfaq) then library(Rcmdr) and watch the font > change in the tkfaq window. > > >> On 15 May 2017, at 23:17 , Fox, John <j...@mcmaster.ca> wrote: >> >> Dear Jose, >> >> It's a bit difficult to respond to your latest messages because you sent so >> many of them. >> >> I'm not entirely sure what's producing your font problems -- perhaps Simon >> will have some additional ideas -- but you should be aware that you can't >> load the Rcmdr package -- or, more generally, the tcltk package -- without >> XQuartz (or another X11 system). Normally, XQuartz should start >> automatically when the Rcmdr (or tcltk) package is loaded. That is, you >> should not have to start it separately. >> >> It may help to know that the Rcmdr package selects its default dialog font >> by querying the default Tk font, via the command >> >> tclvalue(.Tcl("font actual TkDefaultFont -family")) >> >> and sets the font for commands and output by querying the default Tk >> fixed-width font: >> >> tclvalue(.Tcl("font actual TkFixedFont -family")) >> >> On my Macs, these are respectively the helvetica and courier fonts. >> >> In any event, I'm glad that you seem to have solved your problem. >> >> John >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jose G Conde Santiago [mailto:jose.con...@upr.edu] >>> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 3:18 PM >>> To: Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org>; Fox, John >>> <j...@mcmaster.ca>; r-sig-mac@r-project.org >>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] R commander fonts on R 3.4.0 >>> >>> When I run R without XQuartz, the text from the help screen renders >>> well. I think the problem seems to be related to XQuartz. >>> >>> José >>> >>> >>> José G. Conde, MD, MPH >>> Professor, School of Medicine >>> Director, CentIT2 >>> UPR Medical Sciences Campus >>> >>> Tel (787) 763-9401 Fax (787) 758-5206 >>> >>> Email: jose.con...@upr.edu >>> >>> URL: http://rcmi.rcm.upr.edu >>> >>>> On May 15, 2017, at 2:16 PM, Jose G Conde Santiago >>> <jose.con...@upr.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>> … and the same I get the same issue with R “help” screens in my iMac. >>> I cannot reproduce this in the macBook. >>>> >>>> José >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <R help .png> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> José G. Conde, MD, MPH >>>> Catedrático, Escuela de Medicina >>>> Director, CentIT2 >>>> Recinto de Ciencias Médicas, UPR >>>> >>>> Tel (787) 763-9401 Fax (787) 758-5206 >>>> >>>> Correo electrónico: jose.con...@upr.edu >>>> >>>> URL: http://rcmi.rcm.upr.edu >>>> >>>>> On May 15, 2017, at 2:14 PM, Jose G Conde Santiago >>> <jose.con...@upr.edu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> This is the actual resolutions. >>>>> >>>>> José >>>>> >>>>> <Fonts 20 points.png> >>>>> José G. Conde, MD, MPH >>>>> Professor, School of Medicine >>>>> Director, CentIT2 >>>>> UPR Medical Sciences Campus >>>>> >>>>> Tel (787) 763-9401 Fax (787) 758-5206 >>>>> >>>>> Email: jose.con...@upr.edu >>>>> >>>>> URL: http://rcmi.rcm.upr.edu >>>>> >>>>>> On May 15, 2017, at 12:31 PM, Jose G Conde Santiago >>> <jose.con...@upr.edu> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> <Fonts 20 points.png> >>>>> >>>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > -- > Peter Dalgaard, Professor, > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > Phone: (+45)38153501 > Office: A 4.23 > Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd....@cbs.dk Priv: pda...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac