[RkWard-devel] R console not typeable

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

On Friday 12 January 2007 08:59, Prasenjit Kapat wrote:
> I have been using rkward for a while now. I have a Debian/unstable box so I
> just apt-get install rkward. That is I am using 0.4.2-2 version. The
> problem is that in the "R Console" tab of rkward, I can not type anything.
> It seems that the keyboard inputs are just ignored. But I can copy and
> paste from any file
> ( or anywhere else, like clipboard) into the "R Console" tab and it gives
> desired outputs.

Hmm, haven't heard about this issue before, and can not reproduce it. My best 
guess at this point is that it might be a problem with focus handling. We do 
have some issues with that, though not as severe as you are reporting. Some 
questions, maybe some of this helps to track down the issue:

1) Try clicking inside the console window several times. Does that help any?
2) Does the cursor in the console blink, or is it static / invisible?
3) Can you see the "Interrupt running command" action in the toolbar / in 
the "Run" menu? (enabled or disabled does not matter, but it should be 
visible)
4) When you say you can paste in the console, is that using Edit->Paste from 
the menu, or by pressing Ctrl+V (or both)?
5) When did you first notice the problem? Directly after upgrading to 0.4.2-2? 
If so, what version did you have installed before that? If not, do you have 
an idea, what other package upgrade might have caused the breakage?
6) Any other ideas what might be somewhat "special" about your system?

> I have been searching through the mailing list, but did not find (or might
> have overlooked :( ) anything on this issue. Should I try a newer version
> from CVS?

Well, you could try either the current SVN version
svn co https://rkward.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/rkward/trunk
or the 0.4.5pre1 preview release
http://rkward.sourceforge.net/temp/rkward-0.4.5pre1.tar.gz
But I'm not aware of any changes that might be relevant to this problem.

Regards
Thomas
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