hadley wickham wrote: > Hi Philippe, > > I disagree - With WHAT do you disagree? Did I said something that is contradictory to what you tell hereunder?
with the new RGtk2 package (http://ggobi.org/rgtk2/) it > is very easy to work cross platform with an attractive GUI. RGtk2 > works on Windows, Mac and Linux and (in my opinion) is much more > aesthetically pleasing the Tcl/Tk. That is what I say: "If you want more advanced features, I agree that there are better solutions (GTK, wxWidgets, etc)." > Rgtk2 supports libglade so if you are familiar with glade, it is a > very easy transition, and it is very easy to port work done in other > programming languages if you are comfortable converting your (eg.) > python code to R. > > Hadley Thank you for your link and suggestion, just try to disagree a little bit less ;-) Best, Philippe Grosjean > On 2/19/06, Philippe Grosjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi Luca, >> >>I would suggest to work/enhance existing code rather that reinventing >>the wheel. There are a couple of RGui projects, and you may found what >>you are looking for in there. Look, at http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/ >>for a listing of various projects. You have GUIs written in Java, >>Tcl/Tk, GTK, etc... there. Tcl/Tk is often used for convenience, because >>the tcltk R package is available with (almost) all R distributions. So, >>you don't need to install additional stuff. That is what makes Rcmdr so >>easy to run on all platforms. If you want more advanced features, I >>agree that there are better solutions (GTK, wxWidgets, etc). >> >>May I suggest you to look here: >>http://bioinf.wehi.edu.au/folders/james/wxPython/. This is a solution >>using R and Python... in development and desperately seeking for a new >>maintainer. This is not GTK, but wxWidgets, which is also a very good >>solution. Regarding a substitute for Glade, you could consider Boa >>Constructor. Look here: http://bioinf.wehi.edu.au/folders/james/RBoa/. >>The explanation on this page is a little outdated. The latest version of >>Boa Constructor is now compatible with wxPython 2.5.X. So, you don't >>need to install Python/wxPython twice as explained in the page. Anyway, >>using RSPython, you should be able to do what you want (mixing R, Python >>and GTK). >> >>Best, >> >>Philippe Grosjean >> >>Luca Manini wrote: >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>I'm new to this list (and to the whole R world); I've started to read >>>some threads in the archives to get acquinted with the community but I >>>have some questions ready to be asked "now". So please keep with me >>>even if the mail is not that short. >>> >>> >>>I'm a software developer and I've been asked to "write a GUI for R". >>>The customer(s) are (could be in the near future) some departments of >>>the local university where R is used both for teaching and research >>>(in various areas). So the problem is always the same: users find CLI >>>difficult to learn/use and/or the time to learn them is greater than >>>the total available time (for introductory courses in statistics, for >>>example). >>> >>>As I said, I don't know much of R but it clear that is a big >>>language/environment and that just thinking (let alone writing) a >>>"full GUI" for it is a major undertaking well beyond the time (and >>>money) budget I have at hand. >>> >>>So, what I have in mind is, instead of using/customizing big GUIs, to >>>just write some small apps with a dedicated and minimal GUI for any >>>single and simple task (think for example of some students' >>>"exercises" on regression, or a series of computations or analysis or >>>drawing steps needed to complete a research paper). >>> >>>Of course I will not directly write them myself (sorry to say that) >>>but instead I have to check whether that approach is feasible and, if >>>it is, to "set up" the environment (docs, tools, examples, ...) so >>>that "junior programmers" (or smart users) can write the single apps >>>in a reasonable time. >>> >>>I'm thinking about Python + GTK + Glade for the interface stuff with >>>some "glue" to get Python speak to R (and trap the answers). Python >>>is my preferred language, it is easy to learn (and I'm happy to teach >>>it) and Glade is easy to use. >>> >>>My biggest concern at the moment is to check that I'm not offering to >>>write something to solve an already solved problem and **for that** >>>I'm asking this list's help. >>> >>> TIA for any help/suggestion, Luca >>> >>>PS: the second biggest is to check that my idea is feasible/reasonable >>> (and for that I've already started experimenting). >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>R-SIG-GUI mailing list >>R-SIG-GUI@stat.math.ethz.ch >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-gui >> > > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-GUI mailing list R-SIG-GUI@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-gui
