Re: [R] Help with RGL package problem

2010-12-15 Thread John Fox
gt; To: David A. Johnston > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Help with RGL package problem > > On 15/12/2010 1:11 PM, David A. Johnston wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I have been experiencing an odd error with the RGL package that I cannot > >

Re: [R] Help with RGL package problem

2010-12-15 Thread David A. Johnston
Thank you Joshua and Duncan for your very quick responses. Joshua, I will indeed read more about the OpenGL and GLU systems. Duncan, I am running R via a console. I also tried via the GUI R.app and the same problems with loading the package and opening a graphics device occurred. I find it

Re: [R] Help with RGL package problem

2010-12-15 Thread Joshua Wiley
Hi David, I had similar errors are linux awhile back. I ended up needing to install/update some of rgl's non-R dependencies. I want to say it was OpenGL and GLU in particular, but I was doing a lot of install/updating at the time and I may be mixing one or both of those up. Also that was linux,

Re: [R] Help with RGL package problem

2010-12-15 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 15/12/2010 1:11 PM, David A. Johnston wrote: Hello, I have been experiencing an odd error with the RGL package that I cannot figure out. I have searched without luck for fixes to this problem on Rseek, Google, and the R-help-list. RGL used to work on my machine about a month ago. It was a

[R] Help with RGL package problem

2010-12-15 Thread David A. Johnston
Hello, I have been experiencing an odd error with the RGL package that I cannot figure out. I have searched without luck for fixes to this problem on Rseek, Google, and the R-help-list. RGL used to work on my machine about a month ago. It was a very useful tool. The graphics device will not i

Re: [R] Help with rgl

2009-02-18 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 18/02/2009 10:00 AM, Iuri Gavronski wrote: The funniest part is that we are close to carnival in Brazil... vacation time... more than 30C... and I am the one to try to get back to the track... Any clue on how to rotate the object? Examples? example(spin3d) Also, still on the same object.

Re: [R] Help with rgl

2009-02-18 Thread Iuri Gavronski
The funniest part is that we are close to carnival in Brazil... vacation time... more than 30C... and I am the one to try to get back to the track... Any clue on how to rotate the object? Examples? Also, still on the same object. If I change zoom, position, etc. with the mouse, where to query thi

Re: [R] Help with rgl

2009-02-18 Thread Uwe Ligges
Yihui Xie wrote: "Chinese extend a helping hand to Russians who happen to be in Brazil about a package written in Germany," which gladdened an American. Trotsky would be even more proud -- and amazed!! :-) Please note that rgl is maintained by a Canadian and two others (O. Nenadić and W.

Re: [R] Help with rgl

2009-02-18 Thread Wacek Kusnierczyk
roger koenker wrote: > Why I love R [Number 6]: > > Chinese extend a helping hand to Russians who happen to be in Brazil > about a package written in Germany. Trotsky would be proud -- and > amazed! > ... and it's so . r specific! vQ __ R-help@r-

Re: [R] Help with rgl

2009-02-17 Thread Yihui Xie
"Chinese extend a helping hand to Russians who happen to be in Brazil about a package written in Germany," which gladdened an American. Trotsky would be even more proud -- and amazed!! :-) Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie Phone: +86-(0)10-82509086 Fax: +86-(0)10-82509086 Mobile: +86-15810805877 Homep

Re: [R] Help with rgl

2009-02-17 Thread roger koenker
Why I love R [Number 6]: Chinese extend a helping hand to Russians who happen to be in Brazil about a package written in Germany. Trotsky would be proud -- and amazed! url:www.econ.uiuc.edu/~rogerRoger Koenker email rkoen...@uiuc.edu Departmen

Re: [R] Help with rgl

2009-02-17 Thread Yihui Xie
(1) you'll need ImageMagick installed to use the command "convert" to convert image sequences into GIF animations; see ?movie3d (2) "viewport" is read only!! see ?open3d carefully Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie Phone: +86-(0)10-82509086 Fax: +86-(0)10-82509086 Mobile: +86-15810805877 Homepage: http:

[R] Help with rgl

2009-02-16 Thread Iuri Gavronski
Hi, I don't know much about the RGL package, and I have read the documentation and tried some parameters, with no luck... I would like to generate a movie from a 3D object (code below), where the vortex A is closer to the observer, and then the object rotates and the B vortex gets closer. I would