[R] R2winBUGS & WinBUGS gui

[Uwe Ligges]

Evan Cooch wrote:
> I am trying to figure out if it is possible to run winBUGS from within 
> R, using R2winBUGS, without having winBUGS spawn any windows (basically 
> - 'true' batch - no GUI actions at all). The reason being I have a 
> machine which I (and several others) ssh/telnet into, and would like to 
> run winBUGS without having to mount a virtual desktop of any kind.
> 
> I've looked through the r2winBUGS docs, and there doesn't seem to be any 
> command(s) which I can invoke to simply use the winBUGS 'engine', and 
> not the winBUGS windows.
> 
> Yes, I know I could look at classic BUGS, or openBUGS, but neither work 
> particularly well for my purposes (since the code I'm using makes use of 
> a numb4er of winBUGS 'extensions' which aren't supported in other 
> flavours of BUGS).
> 
> Is this possible in any fashion?

No. The idea is to use BRugs, i.e. OpenBUGS in such cases. If OpenBUGS 
lacks some features, you are certainly welcome to implement them and 
send patches to Andrew Thomas.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


> Thanks in advance...
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