[R] User Bug in setting GUI to SDI mode?

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, michael watson (IAH-C) wrote:

> I did a google search on this and came up with nothing.

You were asked (in the posting guide) to read the R documentation, and 
this _is_ in the rw-FAQ and also in ?Rconsole.

> OK, in the latest release of R for windows, I want to change the gui to
> SDI mode.
>
> Edit -> GUI preferences
> Choose SDI
> Apply
>
> I get the message about properties not being able to be changed on a
> running console, and that I need to save.
>
> So I click Save, and am met with a "Save As" dialogue box with the
> default file called Rconsole, the file type as "All files".  I have no
> idea where I actually have to save this.
>
> I saved it in C:\Program File\R\2.2.1 anyway, restarted the console, and
> SDI mode was not set.

As documented.

> I realiuse I can use the --sdi option on the command line, but I want to
> know how to make this work through the GUI

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