[Rd] Sending signals to current R process from R running under MS Windows (c.f. Esc)

I am using RGtk2 for a simple GUI (rattle). I start rattle from the RGui and I remain able to interact with the RGui while rattle runs. Under MS/Windows, when rattle has initiated some other underlying R command the rattle GUI remains responsive (unlike under GNU/Linux where it is not responsive

Re: [Rd] Sending signals to current R process from R running under MS Windows (c.f. Esc)

Hi, here is some discussion/information in the same vein: (1) R-help thread '[R] The R fork', March 18, 2006: https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2006-March/101913.html (2) R-devel thread '[Rd] New simpleExit() condition (Was: Re: Can example() code stop the example without generating an