[Rd] suppressing 'download.file' progress window

[Roger D. Peng]

Thanks!  The patch to src/modules/internet/internet.c in r44937 was just what I 
was looking for.

-roger

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, Roger D. Peng wrote:
> 
>> In Windows, 'download.file' pops up a separate window indicating the 
>> progress of the download (even when 'quiet = TRUE').  This is useful 
>> and informative when downloading a single (large) file.  However, when 
>> downloading multiple (smaller) files in sucession, the constant 
>> flashing of the progress window can be a little disorienting (at least 
>> for me).
>>
>> Is there a way to suppress this progress window?  Or is it an 
>> operating system
>> feature?
> 
> The write up was somewhat confusing.  'quiet=TRUE' suppresses the status 
> messages on all platforms, and the (text) progress bar.  Only in R-devel 
> does it suppress the progress bar widget on Windows.
> 
> That said, the main time I download many files is via update.packages() 
> or install.packages(), and there was no provision to set quiet=TRUE from 
> those: I've just added ... to allow that.
> 

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