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Testing R build under Windows
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- Build R, the bitmap library, the distribution, the installer.
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make
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make bitmapdll
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make tcl
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make check
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make distribution
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(cd installer; make; make clean)
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- Test the rw1060.exe and miniR.exe installers and un-installing.
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- cd to ../../tests and run
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make test-all-extras
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Go online and run
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make test-Internet
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- Using the installed copy, do some interactive testing
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o Check it will start and run correctly in sdi and mdi modes.
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Check the pager by using help().
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Check also HTML and CHTML help.
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o run demo(graphics) and check the output looks correct.
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o run the tcl/tk demos by
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library(tcltk)
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demo(tkttest)
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demo(tkdensity)
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demo(tkcanvas)
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demo(tkfaq)
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demo(tkfilefind)
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o Check each of the console menu items in turn. Try the
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right-click popup menu too.
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o Put up a simple plot and experiment with saving, copying and
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printing it. Also try all the options of savePlot(). You'll
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need to look at the saved files, and paste into e.g. Word.
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o Try using identify().
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o Try the various resize options on the graphics window's menu.
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o Try printing and saving from a graphics window's menu.
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o Experiment with printing from the console, from a pager and
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printing to a win.print() device.
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o Shut down a graphics window, a pager and the console from the
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frame icons and menu, the File menu etc.
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o Test drag-and-drop onto a shortcut on the desktop and into the
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RGui console window.
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o Test the plot history commands on the History menu of a graphics
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window.
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o Try a canvas colour and plot some transparent and opaque
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rectangles. Try example(points) and example(rect) too.
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o Test help.start() and the HTML help's search engine. Also check
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cross-links between help files in different packages under HTML
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and CHTML.
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o Try Rcmd INSTALL on windlgs.
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- Test Rprof and Rcmd Rprof.
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- Check win.version() is reporting sensibly.
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- Run undoc() and codoc() on a package you installed.
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- cd front-ends then
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make -f make.rtest
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set R_HOME appropriately
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Rtest.exe
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> try some simple R commands
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> q()
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If you have access to Visual C++, test it as described in readme.
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- Install Thomas Baier's StatConnector (on CRAN under
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Software->Other->Non-standard packages) and run its tests. (You
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will need to do this on an installed version or run .../bin/RSetReg.exe.)
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- Using the installed copy, try building a copy of packages and a
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bundle (e.g. VR) using Rcmd INSTALL, and try Rcmd check and Rcmd
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build too. Also a package that uses BLAS (e.g. quadprog).
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- If you have latex installed, customize .../bin/helpPRINT.bat and
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test help(offline=TRUE).
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- Try building using an ATLAS BLAS, and run the make check and make
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test-all-extras tests again.
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- Check you can interrupt RGui with ESC and Rterm with Ctrl-C.
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- check building Rmath.dll in src/nmath/standalone.
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BDR
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2001-12-13, 2002-06-04
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