[R] Cocoa GUI: pasting in R Console yields syntax error
I've recently upgraded to R-2.0.1 on a Mac running OS X 10.3+ I am using the new Cocoa-based GUI. Everything was working well for a while. In the middle of an R session, I started suddenly to have a problem where code copied from an open editor window and pasted into the R Console gives a syntax error. It doesn't matter what the code is. If the same exact text is typed into the console directly, I get no errors. I tried quitting the R session and restarting. The problem did not go away. I tried using a different editor, instead of the built-in editor. After opening the file with my R code in it in AlphaX instead of the built-in editor, I could see that the text typed most recently ( ie, since the problem started) had a character that looked like an open square or box at the start of most lines. I deleted these and can't see any other extraneous symbols in AlphaX. However, I still get syntax errors when trying to paste code that was originally typed in using the built-in editor. If I retype the same thing in the same file using AlphaX, one line below the original, then copy and paste into the R console, it executes without generating syntax errors. So, it looks like something odd is going on with the built-in editor? Anthony Westerling __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Cocoa GUI: pasting in R Console yields syntax error
Anthony I faced the same problem and it took me some time to spot the origin: I have no clue where it can come from!( I suspect this happened when I moved from 1.9.0 to 2.0.0, OS X 1.3...). I know that the built in R editor is very handy: what I do is a more myfile.r on the terminal to check if there are weird characters and then delete then directly with the R editor. Not very efficient I reckon: OS X gurus may have another solution! David On 6 Dec 2004, at 08:33, Anthony Westerling wrote: I've recently upgraded to R-2.0.1 on a Mac running OS X 10.3+ I am using the new Cocoa-based GUI. Everything was working well for a while. In the middle of an R session, I started suddenly to have a problem where code copied from an open editor window and pasted into the R Console gives a syntax error. It doesn't matter what the code is. If the same exact text is typed into the console directly, I get no errors. I tried quitting the R session and restarting. The problem did not go away. I tried using a different editor, instead of the built-in editor. After opening the file with my R code in it in AlphaX instead of the built-in editor, I could see that the text typed most recently ( ie, since the problem started) had a character that looked like an open square or box at the start of most lines. I deleted these and can't see any other extraneous symbols in AlphaX. However, I still get syntax errors when trying to paste code that was originally typed in using the built-in editor. If I retype the same thing in the same file using AlphaX, one line below the original, then copy and paste into the R console, it executes without generating syntax errors. So, it looks like something odd is going on with the built-in editor? Anthony Westerling __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Cocoa GUI: pasting in R Console yields syntax error
Thanks David. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was beginning to wonder if I had really lost it. Anthony On Dec 6, 2004, at 1:23 AM, David Enot wrote: Anthony I faced the same problem and it took me some time to spot the origin: I have no clue where it can come from!( I suspect this happened when I moved from 1.9.0 to 2.0.0, OS X 1.3...). I know that the built in R editor is very handy: what I do is a more myfile.r on the terminal to check if there are weird characters and then delete then directly with the R editor. Not very efficient I reckon: OS X gurus may have another solution! David On 6 Dec 2004, at 08:33, Anthony Westerling wrote: I've recently upgraded to R-2.0.1 on a Mac running OS X 10.3+ I am using the new Cocoa-based GUI. Everything was working well for a while. In the middle of an R session, I started suddenly to have a problem where code copied from an open editor window and pasted into the R Console gives a syntax error. It doesn't matter what the code is. If the same exact text is typed into the console directly, I get no errors. I tried quitting the R session and restarting. The problem did not go away. I tried using a different editor, instead of the built-in editor. After opening the file with my R code in it in AlphaX instead of the built-in editor, I could see that the text typed most recently ( ie, since the problem started) had a character that looked like an open square or box at the start of most lines. I deleted these and can't see any other extraneous symbols in AlphaX. However, I still get syntax errors when trying to paste code that was originally typed in using the built-in editor. If I retype the same thing in the same file using AlphaX, one line below the original, then copy and paste into the R console, it executes without generating syntax errors. So, it looks like something odd is going on with the built-in editor? Anthony Westerling __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
