[R] source script file that contains Unicode non-English characters
Faridedin Cheraghi
|@r|dcher @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Sat Aug 18 10:15:26 CEST 2018
Dear Duncan,
thanks again for your response.
> I'm talking about the R Core developers.
Now it make sense. Those [R Core] are the key words that were omitted in
your original email.
> If you think this is a new bug, you should report it to the bug tracking
system (which requires you to be registered first). Posting it to me or to
R-help will probably not result in any action on it. Posting it to the bug
page will at least result in a fairly permanent record.
I already did. Deepayan told me to post it here first to make sure it is
"really" a bug.
Farid.
On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 1:27 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 17/08/2018 10:07 AM, Faridedin Cheraghi wrote:
>
>> Dear Duncan,
>>
>> thanks for your feedback on this. Even though most developers are not in
>> Windows (which I doubt it),
>>
>
> I'm talking about the R Core developers. I used to be one, but have
> retired from that role.
>
> there are a huge number of people who use R
>
>> on Windows and I am one of them who seriously work with R.
>>
>
> Indeed, Microsoft promotes R, and they have a lot of developers; they just
> don't contribute much to R. Honestly I'd suggest that if you are serious
> about working with languages not supported in the default code page, you
> should switch platforms.
>
> Following my own workaround to this bug, now I hit another issue with
>> another workaround when trying to render the Farsi Unicode characters.
>> While these workarounds work in ad hoc, they are not appealing in all
>> scenarios;I hit other problems related to this bug, e.g., when documenting
>> a package with Roxygen2 package.
>>
>> Please see the attached files (r scripts) for the complete bug report.
>>
>
> If you think this is a new bug, you should report it to the bug tracking
> system (which requires you to be registered first). Posting it to me or to
> R-help will probably not result in any action on it. Posting it to the bug
> page will at least result in a fairly permanent record.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
>>
>> thanks
>> Farid
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com
>> <mailto:murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/08/2018 11:48 AM, Faridedin Cheraghi wrote:
>>
>> that's right and I don't want to change my locale. my
>> sessionInfo() :
>>
>>
>> I think it could be another manifestation of a known bug on Windows,
>> where strings are converted from UTF-8 to the current locale and
>> back to UTF-8, a lossy conversion. This has been present for many
>> years, and requires a lot of internal changes to fix, so I wouldn't
>> hold your breath waiting for a fix.
>>
>> I believe the "right" fix is for R to always convert strings to
>> UTF-8 internally. This wasn't possible when the
>> internationalization code was added many years ago because not all
>> platforms supported UTF-8. It would be a lot of work now, and since
>> it isn't needed now on the platforms most developers use, it's not
>> receiving a lot of attention.
>>
>> Your workaround
>>
>> file(script,
>> encoding = "UTF-8") %T>%
>> source() %>%
>> close() # works fine
>>
>> is a nice way to avoid this problem.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>
>> R version 3.5.1 (2018-07-02)
>> Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
>> Running under: Windows >= 8 x64 (build 9200)
>>
>> Matrix products: default
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
>> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
>> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
>> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
>> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods
>> base
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 8:00 PM, Duncan Murdoch
>> <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com <mailto:murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
>> <mailto:murdoch.duncan using gmail.com
>> <mailto:murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/08/2018 3:09 AM, Faridedin Cheraghi wrote:
>>
>> It was actually a .rmd file so you can get the coloring
>> of the
>> bug report
>> in your text editor. I changed the format to .txt.
>>
>>
>> When I run your script on a Mac (in a UTF-8 locale), all
>> lines work
>> as expected. I'm guessing you are working on Windows, in a
>> non-UTF-8 locale?
>>
>> Posting sessionInfo() would be helpful.
>>
>> Duncan Murdoch
>>
>>
>>
>> -Farid
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 7:24 AM, Jeff Newmiller
>> <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us
>> <mailto:jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
>> <mailto:jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us <mailto:jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us
>> >>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> ... and read the Posting Guide... only a few file
>> types will
>> ever make it
>> through the mailing list so repeatedly sending
>> files not
>> among those few
>> types would just be frustrating for everyone.
>>
>> On August 11, 2018 4:51:43 PM PDT, Jim Lemon
>> <drjimlemon using gmail.com <mailto:drjimlemon using gmail.com>
>> <mailto:drjimlemon using gmail.com <mailto:drjimlemon using gmail.com>>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Farid,
>> Whatever you attached has not gotten through.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 6:47 PM, Farid Ch
>> <faridcher using gmail.com
>> <mailto:faridcher using gmail.com> <mailto:faridcher using gmail.com
>> <mailto:faridcher using gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Please check the attached file.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Farid
>>
>>
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