NEWS

---

JGR 1.9-1 (2022-01-10)

• made compatible with Java 17+

JGR 1.9-0 (2022-01-03)

• Require JDK > 1.8

JGR 1.8-7 (2020-04-07)

• updated dependent packages rJava
• compile against Java 1.6
• updated maintainer email

JGR 1.8-6 (2018-07-12)

• added "javaArgs" and "jgrArgs" to "JGR()" function
• prevent NullpointerExceptions when saving output
• use "rm(list=setdiff(ls(), "pkg"))" for clearing workspace

JGR 1.8-5

• hide irritating stacktraces for now

JGR 1.8-4 (2017-09-24)

• fixed JAR content for Windows

JGR 1.8-3 (2017-09-22)

• found a way around last CRAN Warning

JGR 1.8-2

• fixed last CRAN NOTE

JGR 1.8-1

• fixed some more NOTEs

JGR 1.8-0

• moved to http://github.com/markush81/JGR
• build R package with gradle, with one simple ./gradlew build
• simple mkdist
• fixed some R CMD CHECK --as-cran NOTES

JGR 1.7-18

• use ls(all=TRUE) to delete workspace

JGR 1.7-17

• fixed REXPMissmatchExceptions thrown by refreshObjects
• changed getting httpPort

JGR 1.7-16 (2013-12-21)

• Added launchJGR for JGR launcher 2.0 compatibility. This allows JGR to be launched directly from R maintaining all environmental variables and paths of all packages.
• New Mac and Windows launchers.
• JGR preferences no longer determine library paths. This had caused problems with R upgrades.
• DataTable menu item changed to Data Table.
• Added JGR icon replacing the default Java icon in the Windows tray.
• Removed nested border from console split pane, and added padding for the text.
• Updated object browser to be organized by class, and have icons to bring up contextual menus.
• Added save support for data.frames in the Object Browser.

JGR 1.7-15 (2013-05-10)

• minor fixes for CRAN NOTEs
• R 3.0.x adaptions

JGR 1.7-11 (2012-09-16)

• Adapt to JavaGD 0.6 release

JGR 1.7-10 (2012-09-05)

• New object browser
• Moved many calls to R off the GUI eval thread and made them cancelable.
• Console remembers last height and width.

JGR 1.7-9 (2011-11-17)

• fixed help search engine for R 2.14.x

JGR 1.7-8 (2011-10-24)

• Added support for loading xls and xlsx files
• implemented temporary fix for infinite recursion crash on mac os x
• new icon set (KDE Crystal)

JGR 1.7-7 (2011-05-23)

• fixed CRAN warnings

JGR 1.7-6

• add check for old GOMP and warn on the command line if present

JGR 1.7-5 (2011-03-20)

• JGR() now launches new console on mac/windows

JGR 1.7-4 (2011-01-03)

• fixed issues with locating package paths
• Added R code auto-formatting to Editor
• In editor, run on an empty selection runs line and advances caret.
• Added italic comment preference item
• read.spss now uses to.data.frame=TRUE option

JGR 1.7-3 (2010-10-09)

• fixed escaping of characters

JGR 1.7-2 (2010-09-24)

• removed some deprecated functions
• redirect Java stdout to JGR console
• Fixed MacOS JavaGD resize deadlock bug
• Added JavaGD save support for png, jpeg, bmp, and tiff
• Added ability to insert new menus, menu items, separators, and sub-menus. Menus and menu items can be removed.
• Fixed 100% CPU on start-up bug
• Cancel button fixed on unix systems
• use rJava 0.8-6

JGR 1.7-1 (2010-04-02)

• use rJava 0.8-3

JGR 1.7-0 (2009-10-28)

• switched to REngine API (Callbacks are still RNI)
• RPackageManager resizable
• use rJava 0.8
• preference to avoid "Save workspace dialog"
• set working directory when opening workspace
• JGRHelp is a fully used as browser (JGR now can only be used with R 2.10)

JGR 1.6-8 (2009-09-06)

• new rJava version

JGR 1.6-7 (2009-06-14)

• fixed version number

JGR 1.6-6 (2009-06-09)

• fixed editor file loading with multiple instances

JGR 1.6-5 (2009-06-07)

• new preference dialog
• re-enabled help-agent in editor
• fixed Load data dialog, when choosing own set name

JGR 1.6-4 (2009-06-02)

• added informative error message when JRI is missing
• Fixed output buffering. Displaying large output to console is faster.
• reactivated possibility to set dataset name when loading a datafile
• Fixed "Open Recent" in Editor
• Fixed "Clear Console" command
• Restructured menu to be consistent with RGui
• ObjectManager, PackageManager, PackageInstaller as singleton
• Editor, Datatable with automatic placement

JGR 1.6-3 (2009-02-07)

• back and forward buttons in help browser remember page position
• new datafile loader, which includes guessing of separator
• some minor bugfixes/changes to the editor

JGR 1.6-2 (2008-07-28)

• Windows launcher now supports --libpath=xx and --rhome=xx command line arguments to override the location of R (by default taken from the registry) or the location of libraries (default is R_HOME/library). In addition default stack size has been increased to 512Mb and can be changed using -Xmx.. argument.
• Mac and Windows launchers no longer set R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES but instead requested packages are loaded in JGR on startup. This should make it easier to switch R versions. (launcher version is now 1.61)
• Unix start script will also no longer set R_DEFAULT_PACKAGES at startup

JGR 1.6-1 (2008-06-19)

• fixed Editor close behavior using the framecross
• fixed ObjectBrowser NullpointerException

JGR 1.6-0 (2008-06-16)

• load .JGRhistory from R working directory
• new launchers -> JGR loads JGR R package itself

JGR 1.5-18 (2008-04-15)

• fixed menu in TextPager and JavaGD

JGR 1.5-17 (2008-04-14)

• fixed DataTable menu

JGR 1.5-16

• real Swing Menu
• add grDevices to default packages

JGR 1.5-15 (2008-04-08)

• fixed indentation and toggle comment

JGR 1.5-14 (2008-04-04)

• fixed fonttracker for editor
• set always native look&feel
• fixed printin line number
• fixed meta+enter shortcut for running commands from editor

JGR 1.5-13 (2008-03-31)

• fixed fontsize bug, when changing fontsize in syntaxcoloring mode

JGR 1.5-12 (2008-03-30)

• r-dev compatible
• fixed some more bugs related to linenumbers in editor

JGR 1.5-11 (2008-03-28)

• fixed text-selection using mouse

JGR 1.5-10 (2008-03-24)

• fixed about/rhelp in editor
• added increase/decrease menuitems to Editor

JGR 1.5-9 (2008-03-21)

• editor: fixed overprinting linenumbers
• added editor font managment to JGR preferences

JGR 1.5-8 (2007-12-08)

• fixed coloring in editor
• fixed Code completion in editor
• disabled "Help Agent" in editor for now (has to be newly developed)

JGR 1.5-7 (2007-11-17)

• fixed shortcuts for Windows

JGR 1.5-6 (2007-11-04)

• setwd on Windows Vista
• don't show ~ in Editor
• allow to use META+ENTER for executing R commands in editor

JGR 1.5-5 (2007-09-04)

• raise Java stack limit to 512MB (in the run script)
• fixed "Load DataFile dialog" for Windows (Sun fixed a bug in Java)

JGR 1.5-4 (2007-09-01)

• fix closing Console window when select Cancel

JGR 1.5-3

• fix escaping of . in command completion

JGR 1.5-2 (2007-08-25)

• print support for editor (b&w)
• fix run script for rJava 0.5
• make run script executable by default

JGR 1.5-1

• java backend changes
• new Editor based on JEDIT
• JGR is running on Windows Vista

JGR 1.4-17 (2007-05-02)

• adapt to JRI API 1.8 change
• make mkdist more portable (now works on Windows)

JGR 1.4-16 (2007-05-01)

• adapt to Sys.putenv change in R 2.5.0
• prevent Java from setting LC_NUMERIC to a non-C default which will break R (thanks to Frederik Elwert for testing)
• fix incompatibilities of some shells in the run script (thanks to Frederik Elwert for a crucial hint)
• fix SVN properties on some files
• add NEWS