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

[John Helly]

Ok. Thanks. I will do that.  Sorry for the confusion.
J.

On 5/21/20 15:53, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> 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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