In order to allow non-administrators to maintain their own set of TheĪuthentication requires an administrator login and causes all subsequent Possibility to authenticate system commands issued from the GUI. As it is not feasible to run the GUI as root, we provide the
Root-authentication for package installation and other administrative
The official CRAN binaries come pre-packaged in such a way thatĪdministrator have sufficient privileges to update R and install Up: General Features 2.4.11 Authentication and. Hence history() are not currently supported in R.app. Note that the functions loadhistory(), savehistory() and It is suggested to use a different name for the Note: Command-line R stores history in a file usually called Optional to select removal of duplicate entries and strip comments. A variety of history entry cleanup modes is possible.Īt a minimum it is suggested to select "Cleanup history entries". Default number of kept historyĮntries is 250. Set through the StartUp Preference Panel. Import and export allows storing and importing history fromįiles visible in the Mac OS Finder.
Multiline is particularly useful when using the Multiline support remains available from inside R.app uses history files that are (superset) compatible with historyįiles created by R. If R.app is running, the file is opened in the If R.app is not running, R.app is started and the file is sourced or Double clicking on files bound to ("Open With. Drag & drop of a file sources or opens the file in the While R.app is running, drag & drop of a directory updates the workingĭirectory. Note: At this point opening a file in the editor before R.app is finished Specified by a Preference setting in the StartUp Preference Pane. Is either restored (if it is a saved workspace), sourced into R.app or R.app icon while R.app is not running, R.app is started, the file Rapp.history)Īre fetched from this working directory. RData and the history file (default name. Running will start R.app and set the working directory. This is the equivalent on Unix (or the command line) to launch R from different directories.ĭrag and drop of a directory on the R.app icon while R.app is not Rprofile is read and executed by R at startup. The Preferences (or any other method mentioned above) to change the startup directory. Rprofile (containing you personal initialization R commands) in a particular directory and use This feature is useful if you want different startup procedures defined by the. causes R.app to be started using the current directory as the startup working directory. The same can be achieved on the command line – for example open -a R. If R.app is not running, this will cause R.app to be started in the directory corresponding to the folder dragged. Finally it is possible to use a specific directory for a single R session by dragging a folder onto the R.app icon. The working directory can be changed using the setwd R command or using the Misc menu item Change working directory. If not otherwise specified in the Preferences (see Preferences), or if the specified path is no longer available, then the default working directory at startup is the user home. Up: The R Console 2.3.3 The current and startup working directories
How can R for Mac OS X be obtained and installed?.What machines does R for Mac OS X run on?.Always read this FAQ before asking for help on Is usually a good idea to always look into that section if your issueĭoesn't fit any of the above or was not answered in one of the specific Questions that don't fit strictly into any of the categories above – it The last section of this document contains the most frequently asked Mailing list (after subscribing) as well as comments on this FAQ. Requests/questions you would like answers to the Anything specific to the R language can be This `R for Mac OS X FAQ' is rather incomplete at the moment and requiresĬontributions from users. While R.app refers to the GUI-based Mac OS application that controls In this document R refers to the core, command-line-based R system Those manuals, the latest versions of which can be found at
As from R 3.0.0 most of the information has been moved to Information on using R on OS X which supplements the main R This document contains a user guide to the R.app version of R, and