[R] CGIwithR and visible output of 'invisible(capture.output(library(...)))'

Eric rmailbox at justemail.net
Sat Jan 27 05:18:49 CET 2007


library(R2HTML, verbose = FALSE)

Leo Gürtler wrote:
> Dear alltogether,
>
> I want to use CGIwithR in conjunction with R2HTML.
>
> A small example called 'test.R':
>
> #####
>
> #! /usr/bin/R
> invisible(capture.output(library(R2HTML)))
> HTML(summary(as.numeric(scanText(formData$numbers))), file=stdout())
>
> #####
>
> The script gets its input via 'CGIwithR.cgi' and contains the variable
> "numbers."
>
> The 'HTML' output (-> summary() in this example) goes well, but the
> loading of the R2HTML library is also printed (!) in the resulting html
> page.
>
> As I took the example from the original CGIwithR examples and I also
> read the manpages of invisible() and capture.output(), I do not find a
> logical reason why this still happens.
>
> Deleting the line with "invisible ... library().." and adding
> 'library(R2HTML)' to .Rprofile does not solve the problem.
>
> I use ubuntu edgy, R Version 2.3.1 (2006-06-01)
>
> THANKS!
>
> best wishes,
>
> leo
>
>
> PS: the output is (uncut)
>
> <---->
> MiniUnz 1.01b, demo of zLib + Unz package written by Gilles Vollant more
> info at http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll/unzip.html
> /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/R2HTML/output/R2HTMLstuff.zip opened
> extracting: ASCIIMathML.js extracting: factor.gif extracting:
> gridR2HTML.css extracting: gridR2HTML.js extracting: numeric.gif
> extracting: Pastel.css extracting: R2HTML.css extracting: R2HTMLlogo.gif
> creating directory: runtime/ creating directory: runtime/lib/
> extracting: runtime/lib/grid.js extracting: runtime/readme.txt creating
> directory: runtime/styles/ creating directory: runtime/styles/classic/
> extracting: runtime/styles/classic/gecko.xml extracting:
> runtime/styles/classic/grid.css extracting:
> runtime/styles/classic/grid.png extracting:
> runtime/styles/classic/icons.png extracting:
> runtime/styles/classic/loading.gif creating directory:
> runtime/styles/flat/ extracting: runtime/styles/flat/gecko.xml
> extracting: runtime/styles/flat/grid.css extracting:
> runtime/styles/flat/grid.png extracting: runtime/styles/flat/icons.png
> extracting: runtime/styles/flat/loading.gif creating directory:
> runtime/styles/xp/ extracting: runtime/styles/xp/gecko.xml extracting:
> runtime/styles/xp/grid.css extracting: runtime/styles/xp/grid.png
> extracting: runtime/styles/xp/icons.png extracting:
> runtime/styles/xp/loading.gif extracting: SciViews.css extracting:
> tablesort.htc
> </---->
>
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