[R] calling an editor on MAC and Linux

[Niels Waller]

I have written an R function that writes output to an external file using
the sink function.  I assume that `sink' is not operating system dependent.
At the end of the function I have additional code that opens the newly
created file using notepad on a Windows system.  Obviously, this part of the
code will not work on a Mac or Linux box.  Since I do not have a machine
with Linux or the Mac OS available I have no idea what to call the default
editors.  Could somebody provide a suggestion?  Thanks in advance.


   win3 <- function(...) {
        system(...)
    }

 [a zillion lines of code here ]


 notepad.file <- paste("notepad", outFile, sep = " ")
 win3(notepad.file)





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Dr. Niels G. Waller
Quantitative Methods
Department of Psychology and Human Development
Box 512 Peabody College
Vanderbilt University
Nashville TN 37203
email:  niels.waller at vanderbilt.edu
fax:    615 343-9494
QME home page: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/quantmetheval
http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/depts/psych_and_hd/faculty/wallern/
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