Apologizes Rob, I forgot about GUI 2.0. Surely the best place where to implement it. stefano
On 11/feb/08, at 17:45, Rob Goedman wrote: > Hi, > > On Feb 11, 2008, at 6:07 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote: > >> On Feb 10, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Erich Neuwirth wrote: >> >>> Are there any plans to extend the Applescript facilities in R? >> >> Yes, we plan a new AS interface for the GUI 2.0. Right now we are in >> the process of collecting ideas as of what could be useful, so it's >> the perfect time to ask :). > > In private emails between Simon and myself I suggested to include the > capability to send 'invisible commands' to R.app, e.g. to show > function arguments in the R console. > > A further improvement would allow access to 'GUI' functionality if > that is not available through a simple 'cmd'. > >>> If one could transfer R matrices as nested lists to and from >>> Applescript, I could build another version of RExcel on Macs. >> >> What would you need exactly? It is not quite clear to me how to >> transport matrices - do you mean in textual or binary form? I'm not >> sure how much support we have on the AS side for such kind of a >> thing ... Please feel free to outline any ideas you have concerning >> the interface ... > > The return path is more complicated. AS has limitations, the length of > a single line comes to mind, I have been thinking more about using a > file (e.g. R-script/coda-like and/or tab/csv based) based approach. > > Byron also suggested some ideas on his blog ( http://statcomp.blogspot.com/ > ), also in relation to Numbers. > > Nevertheless, a 'single line' return from R.app to an AS-ed > application, as a string, might also be useful in some cases, e.g. > package load/updates or R CMD build results. > > On Feb 11, 2008, at 12:49 AM, stefano iacus wrote: > > ... >> No one has yet proposed himself to take over on that. >> >> stefano > > I committed to work on this once Simon's initial approach for the GUI > 2.0 is in place. > > Rob > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
