[RkWard-devel] R console not typeable

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

On Friday 12 January 2007 20:33, Prasenjit Kapat wrote:
> > 1) Try clicking inside the console window several times. Does that help
> > any?
>
> No, it doesn't. Just the cursor line get selected and unselected.

Another question, can you place the cursor at any other position (after you 
have pasted something into the console), or does it always remain at the same 
line/column?

> > 2) Does the cursor in the console blink, or is it static / invisible?
>
> It is visible and blinks, when in focus and static when not in focus. The
> blinking cursor is right next to the prompt with no space in between. What
> I am saying is that the prompt in "R Console" looks like ">|" (the bar
> representing the cursor) instead of the usual "> |" (without quotes of
> course). Don't know if that is useful, but seemed a little weired bcoz
> every prompt has a customary "space" after the prompt.

This is weird, indeed. Unfortunately, I can't really make anything of this, 
ATM.

> > 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)
>
> Yes, I can see "Interrupt running command Ctrl+C" both in the "Run" menu
> and on right clicking inside the "R Console". In both the places it is
> disabled (obviously no running command!).
>
> > 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)?
>
> Ctrl+V works inside the "R Console". So I guess the input is not totally
> dead. Also, "Paste Ctrl+V" works from the action menu (right clicking). But
> when I am in the "R Console" (ie it is in focus), the "Edit" and "View"
> options from the main menubar goes off, as is expected, I guess (similar to
> when either "Command log" or "Pending jobs" or "Help search" is in focus).

Ok, so it does not really seem to be a focus problem, after all.

> > > 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.
>
> Can I have both 0.4.2-2 from debian repository AND 0.4.5pre1 from rkward
> site simultaneously? I read somewhere on the rkward wesite, that in order
> to compile from source, I will have to "make install" as root for things to
> work. I guess then a userland installation by setting a
> --prefix=$HOME/rkward to ./configure is not possible as of now? While on
> this issue, I hope a userland installation would be possible in future.

Well, the problem is finding the required run-time files when installing into 
any other directory. I suppose this should be possible by adjusting $KDEDIRS 
(see http://enterprise.kde.org/articles/korporatedesktop2.php). But I've 
never tried it myself, and can't give any advice. Also, while this is not 
exactly a "clean" approach, it is technically possible to run 0.4.5pre1 
without installing it: It will use the installed files of 0.4.2, instead. 
Some things will not work, or not as usual in 0.4.5pre1. However, for testing 
just this particular issue, it should work without the make install.

> Now, when I start rkward from menu/konsole in the new "rkward - konsole"
> that is started for R backend, shows there lines, before starting the R
> engine:
>
> Debug-flags as decimal: 8191
> kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KAction::insertKAccel( kaccel = 0x81695e0 ):
> KAccel object already contains an action name "window_close"
> *** attempt to put segment in horiz list twice
> *** attempt to put segment in horiz list twice

These are nothing to worry about.

> Apart from this the script editor seems fine.

Which probably rules out katepart as the source of trouble as well. I must 
admit, I'm pretty clueless ATM.

One thing that's definitely worth a try: Rename/move 
~/.kde/share/config/rkwardrc (where all user settings are stored). Does this 
fix the issue? If so, could you send me a copy of that file for closer 
inspection?

Regards
Thomas
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