[R] R hangs when attempting open existing *.R file

[Jeff Newmiller]

R does not exactly "open R files" the way you phrased it... on most platforms you use a text editor for that. R App is a bit of a special case... ergo, you should probably be asking on the specialized list.

On May 21, 2020 3:47:18 PM PDT, John Helly <hellyj using ucsd.edu> wrote:
>MacOSX R App.  Am I missing something about using that GUI?
>
>J.
>
>On 5/21/20 15:43, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>> What do you mean by "open an existing R file"... did you try to load
>it with the source function or the MacOSX R App? If the latter you may
>be better off reading the archives of and/or asking in R-sig-mac...
>>
>> On May 21, 2020 3:35:13 PM PDT, John Helly via R-help
><r-help using r-project.org> wrote:
>>> Aloha.
>>>
>>> Just installed 'Arbor day' and what was an occasional problem is now
>>> preventing me from loading even a script I was routinely running the
>>> day
>>> before.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any idea what might be wrong now?  I just get a
>beachball
>>> and Force Quit tells me R is not responding.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>> J.

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