[Rd] RGui Configuration editor crashes when using an unlisted font (PR#13780)

[richard.cotton at hsl.gov.uk]

Full_Name: Richard Cotton
Version: 2.9.0
OS: Windows XP, SP2, 32 bit
Submission from: (NULL) (87.102.99.18)


To reproduce the crash:

1. Create an RConsole file for your user account.

2. Close R.

3. Manually edit the font line to include a font that is not on the standard
list of available fonts, e.g.

font = Verdana

4. Open R.  (At this point the console text should appear in the new font you
have chosen.)

5. Click Edit -> Gui preferences to open the RGui Configuration Editor.  R will
now crash.


I have reproduced this using the names of several different fonts in the
RConsole file, and on several WinXP boxes.

I also tried contacting the R-Devel list [1] to see if the problem extends to
other OSes, though there has been no response so far.

[1] http://www.nabble.com/RGui-Configuration-Editor-crashes-when-using-an-unlisted-font-td24111311.html