[R] R script autoload at startup

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, javier garcia-pintado wrote:

> Thank you very much Prof Brian R,
> I also wonder how I missed that.
> Anyway, In my .Rprofile file:
>> .First <- function() cat ("\n Welcome to R!\n")
> works perfectly, while:
>> .First <- function() winMenuAdd("Newmenu")
> give me the answer:
> "Error in .First(): couldn't find function "winMenuAdd"
> I just can add the new menu, and create the menu entries later, calling a source() that adds the menus.
> Perhaps the functions to add menus to the RGUI are called after the .RProfile is red?

> To add it via the .Rprofile would be perfect, but anywat, to be able to 
> create the menu calling manually a source after the GUI is completely 
> started is good enough for me.

You need to specify the package at that point, as when .First is run the 
default packages are not yet loaded (see ?Startup for the precise 
description).  E.g. (untested, as I am using Linux)

.First <- function() utils::winMenuAdd("Newmenu")


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