[Rd] capabilities() and non-catchable messages

[Henrik Bengtsson]

No; I've tried/do that too.

/Henrik

Roger D. Peng wrote:
> Would using 'capture.output()' work for you in this case?
> 
> -roger
> 
> Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> 
>>Just for the record (not a request for fix) and an ad hoc workaround if 
>>anyone needs it:
>>
>>REASON:
>>Running an R script as a plugin on a remote Suse Linux 8.2 with R v2.1.0 
>>(2005-04-18), I have noticed that capabilities() generates (to standard 
>>error)
>>
>>   Xlib: connection to "base:0.0" refused by server
>>   Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
>>
>>which cannot be caught by tryCatch();
>>
>>   tryCatch({
>>     print(capabilities());
>>   }, condition=function(c) {
>>     cat("Condition caught:\n");
>>     str(c);
>>   })
>>
>>because it is not a 'condition' (error or warning).
>>
>>CONTEXT:
>>Since source() calls capabilities("iconv") this messages always show up. 
>>My R plugin loads custom code using source() and since the standard 
>>error from the plugin is checked for messages, the host system 
>>interprets this as if something problematic has occured.
>>
>>WORKAROUND:
>>The workaround that I use now is to redefine capabilities() temporarily 
>>(since I do not need "iconv" support):
>>
>>  orgCapabilities <- base::capabilities;
>>  basePos <- which(search() == "package:base"));
>>  assign("capabilities", function(...) FALSE, pos=basePos);
>>
>>  source(<my file>)
>>
>>  basePos <- which(search() == "package:base"));
>>  assign("capabilities", orgCapabilities, pos=basePos);
>>  rm(orgCapabilities)
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Henrik
>>
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