[R] encoding/locale problem with ssh -X

[Andreas Leha]

Hi Paul,

Thanks for following this up!

It used to be R version 3.3.1

I updated to R version 3.4.0

Now everything seems to work!

Many thanks!

Best,
Andreas



On 23/06/17 03:02, Paul Murrell wrote:
> Hi
> 
> What version of R do you have (on the remote machine) ?
> 
> I can replicate this with ...
> 
> x11(type="Xlib")
> library(grid)
> convertHeight(stringDescent("größe"), "in")
> 
> ... on R 3.2.5, but not on, e.g., R 3.4.0 (just running R locally in
> both cases).
> 
> Paul
> 
> On 21/06/17 20:05, Andreas Leha wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am struggling with remote R sessions and a (I suspect) locale related
>> encoding problem:  Using the X11 device (X11forwarding enabled),
>> whenever I try to plot something containing umlauts using ggplot2, I am
>> seeing sth like
>>
>> ,----
>> | Error in grid.Call(L_stringMetric, as.graphicsAnnot(x$label)) :
>> |   invalid use of -61 < 0 in 'X11_MetricInfo'
>> `----
>>
>> Using base graphics is fine as is plotting to another device (pdf, say).
>>
>> Here is some code to reproduce:
>>
>> ,----
>> | plot(1:10, 1:10, main = "größe")
>> | ## this works
>> |
>> | library("ggplot2")
>> | qplot(1:10, 1:10)
>> | ## this works still
>> |
>> | qplot(1:10, 1:10) + xlab("größe")
>> | ## ERROR
>> `----
>>
>>
>> My setup:
>> - locally:
>>    Linux (Debian GNU/Linux 9)
>> - remotely
>>    Linux (RHEL Server release 7.3 (Maipo)
>>
>> (Maybe) relevant bits of my .ssh/config:
>>
>> ,----
>> | Host theserver
>> |      HostName XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
>> |      ForwardX11 yes
>> |      ForwardX11Timeout 596h
>> |      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
>> |      IdentitiesOnly yes
>> |      ForwardAgent yes
>> |      ServerAliveInterval 300
>> `----
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>
>> Best,
>> Andreas
>>
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