On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, John Fox wrote: > Dear Brian, > > OK -- it's simple for me to replace all the calls to writeLines() in > print.help_files_with_topic() with calls to warning(), but since these are > warning messages, I don't see why the former is preferred to the latter > (though, of course, I may be missing something -- and, as you say, you > didn't write this code). Or is your point more general -- that I should have > a different generic print function? If so, how could I avoid writing new > print methods? (Again, perhaps there's a general solution here that I don't > see.)
I think the intention is that you have a function say RcmdrShow, and write methods for that, with RcmdrShow.default calling print. Brian > > Regards, > John > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 8:46 AM > > To: John Fox > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Rd] Problem with Rcmdr Help menu under devel > > version of R 2.0.0 > > > > John, > > > > It's not my code but I think the intention is that you should > > write your own print function for a GUI. > > > > Brian > > > > On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, John Fox wrote: > > > > > Dear Brian, > > > > > > Thank you very much for this -- I didn't grasp the > > implication of the > > > NEWS item. > > > > > > I still have a small residual problem with respect to > > notification of > > > multiple matches, etc.: My normal procedure is to redirect > > > informational messages from the console to tcltk message > > boxes, but I > > > can't figure out how to suppress console output of these > > messages. If > > > the messages were issued via warning() rather than writeLines() in > > > print.help_files_with_topic(), I'd intercept them. Is there > > a reason for bypassing warning()? > > > > > > Again, thanks. > > > John > > > > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
