[R] stop current computation does not work?

[Gabor Csardi]

Also this may depend on the package you're using. For some functions in some
packages ctrl+c (or anything else) does not work. This is because C code 
cannot be interrupted unless it is written with some care, and there are
some packages which do not support interruption. At least my igraph package
is such, so there is at least one of them.  :) or rather :(

Gabor

On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 05:03:17PM -0700, Michael wrote:
> I am using Windows XP... Ctrl-C or Break does not stop the computation in
> R...
> 
> On 5/16/06, Berton Gunter <gunter.berton at gene.com> wrote:
> >
> > This is usually an OS issue (you did not tell us what OS you are on), but
> > it's usually ctrl-C or Break not esc that does it, I think.
> >
> >
> > -- Bert
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Michael
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 4:04 PM
> > > To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > > Subject: [R] stop current computation does not work?
> > >
> > > Press "ESC" is supposed to be able to stop the current
> > > computation... but
> > > often times it does not really work... I had to kill the R
> > > process to stop
> > > and restart the session...
> > >
> > > What is a good way to stop/cancel the current computation?
> > >
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