But R does not call show() to print, it calls print() unless you have an
object with a formal class. You can try setting a new data.frame method
for print, but an S3 method, please.
On Fri, 14 May 2004, Song Baiyi wrote:
> I got a problem to change the default output on the screen and I use
> Xemacs ESS and R.
>
> When I happen to show a data.frame with thousands of records (type a
> variable name and return), the screen just freeze or keep scrolling for
> minutes, because of the large quantity of records.
>
> Therefore I decide to write a more clever "show" method, which will
> check the number of items to print on the screen. If there are too many
> records, it will just prompt a warning message and return. How can I do
> it? I tried it setMethod("show","ANY",
> function(object){....;standerdGenetic("show");}), but it did not work.
>
> Can anyone give me some ideas?
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