Windows

When I try to install this as a package using make pkg-Rggobi, I get a Syntax error protesting about an unterminated quoted string. What's the problem?

This is probably coming from MakePkg and the first line of the rule to create library/Rggobi/zzzz. It may indicate that something is wrong with the tools you have installed or the search path that governs which tools are used. Initially, I thought this might have something to do with environment variable MAKE_MODE which governs whether make uses command.com or /bin/sh when executing the commands of a rule's body. At present, I am not certain what the problem is. Removing the contents of that string seems to avoid the error.

Running

When I try to load the Rggobi package on Windows, I get an error something like

A device attached to the system is not functioning

What's the problem?

We have seen this on some machines and the explanation has been that there are other versions of some of the DLLs that are found in other directories that are in your PATH. You should check that the gtk, gdk, etc. DLLs in Rggobi/libs are the ones being used and not any others on your system (e.g. in C:\WINDOWS, or any other system location). Some other applications install these DLLs in central places and this causes problems because they have different version numbers and are incompatible with the DLLs we used when compiling Rggobi.

Creating plots in R.
When I create a composite plot window using plotLayout(), some of the plots are messed up and sometimes the appear as empty windows.

Move the mouse over the plot and that should remove the blank window "effect". To fix up the plot, simply resize the window.
This will be fixed more generically in subsequent releases that provide more direct access to the Gtk widgets from R directly. (See the RGtk package.)