[R] interactive file choosing in Linux?

[Juergen Rose]

Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2009, 21:05 +0200 schrieb Romain Francois:
> Hi,
> 
> You might like tk_choose.files from package tcltk. This comes with R but 
> your system needs to be capable enough:
> 
>  > capabilities( )["tcktk"]
>  > require( tcltk )
>  > tk_choose.files

I suppose it should be
> capabilities( )["tcltk"]

> Romain
> 
> Derek Eder wrote:
> > I am used to using the [R] function choose.files() for interactive file selection in MS-Windows.
> >
> > What is the comparable function in Linux?   I expected the function file.choose() to display similar behavior, i.e., a graphical interface diplaying a file listing, but all I seem to get is a "text input prompt".   This does not seem correct.
> >
> >         > file.choose()
> >         Enter file name: 
> >
> > I have seen gfile() function in the gWidgets library - but isn't there anything native? 
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> >
> > Derek Eder
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Linux:  Ubuntu 9.04,  Gnome, [R] running in terminal or ESS GTK_Emacs (doesn't make any difference to the above).
> >
> >
> >   
> >> version               _                          
> >>     
> > platform       i486-pc-linux-gnu          
> > arch           i486                       
> > os             linux-gnu                  
> > system         i486, linux-gnu            
> > status                                    
> > major          2                          
> > minor          8.1                        
> > year           2008                       
> > month          12                         
> > day            22                         
> > svn rev        47281                      
> > language       R                          
> > version.string R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)
> >
> >
> >
> > Derek N. Eder
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Juergen Rose <rose at rz.uni-potsdam.de>
Uni Potsdam