Hi Ulrik, We don't think that setting the locate globally is a good idea as it might interfer with other programs. I will make sure that the locate is checked at the beginning of the reading function and will add a warning message in case of incompatibility. Thanks for pointing out that problem, Nolwenn ------ Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:22:08 +0200 From: Ulrik Stervbo <ulriks@ruc.dk> To: Seth Falcon <sfalcon at="" fhcrc.org=""> Cc: nlemeur at fhcrc.org Subject: Re: [BioC] Newbie 'rflowcyt' question; problem loading facscan256.fcs It works wonders - also with rflowcyt 1.4 Can and should I set the locate globally? and how do I do that? Thanks a bunch! I cant wait to start playing with rflowcyt.... Ulrik On 6/1/06, Seth Falcon <sfalcon at="" fhcrc.org=""> wrote: > > "Ulrik Stervbo" <ulriks at="" ruc.dk=""> writes: > > > Hi Nolwenn, Hi Seth, > > > > I've tried loading one of my own files, but get the same error as when > > loading "facscan256.fcs" from the package, see below. > > > > The md5 hast must have gotten lost somewhere, so here it is again: > > My md5 hash: bfc603037460c0023569159c7360be0c > > Steh's md5 hash: bfc603037460c0023569159c7360be0c > > > > Heres the results of a 'getlocale and sessionInfo:: > >> Sys.getlocale() > > [1] > "LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8;LC_COLLATE=en _US.UTF-8;LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8;LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8;LC_PAPER=C;L C_NAME=C;LC_ADDRESS=C;LC_TELEPHONE=C;LC_MEASUREMENT=C;LC_IDENTIFICATIO N=C" > > > > Can you try changing to the "C" locale and retesting: > > Sys.setlocale(locale="C") > Sys.getlocale() > ## now try again. > > -- > + seth > -- Ulrik Stervbo Cantianstrasse 23 10437 Berlin Germany Home: +49 30 441 12 81 Handy: +49 178 145 82 31 Blog: http://ulrikstervbo.blogspot.com Mailing-list: http://www.coollist.com/group.cgi?l=ulrik_i_berlin