On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 09:25:40AM -0600, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>
> Luca,
>
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 10:32:47AM +0100, Luca Paglieri wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > i'm searching for a tutorial on the tcltk extension to R. I've
> > looked at the pages linked to the R web site, and found the examples
> > extremely useful, but I'd like something more.
> > Does anyone know about other documents regarding this subject?
>
> Couple of points:
>
> i) There are two R News articles you should read. Not all of their examples
> work "as is", but it will give a rather nice introduction that should help
> you understand the framework. The second article also explained what
> changed in the R / tcltk interaction, and why.
PS 1: Sorry, I meant not all examples from the first article work as is.
IIRC they will for the second one.
> ii) Read and try to modify the examples and the demos in the tcltk package
> itself.
>
> iii) Look at James Wettenhall's excellent 'cookbook' website at
> http://bioinf.wehi.edu.au/~wettenhall/RTclTkExamples/
>
> iv) Read / search the mailing list archives. Various people have posted
> snippets in response to questions.
PS 2: I forgot to mention the r-sig-gui mailing list which cover tcltk often.
> v) Look at some of the other 'public' code using tcltk. By the far the most
> extensive example is Rcmd by John Fox.
PS 3: Sorry -- that should be Rcmdr.
> vi) Lastly, use some other *tk documentation. I find the 2nd edition of the
> Perl/Tk book by O'Reilly quite helpful for an overview of what is
> available, as well as short examples.
>
> Hope this helps, Dirk
Dirk
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