[R] Getting sink to work with "message" on R 2.11.0 - what did I miss?

[Greg Snow]

Look at txtStart and friends in the TeachingDemos package as an alternative to sink that includes commands as well as output.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-
> project.org] On Behalf Of Tal Galili
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:21 PM
> To: David Winsemius
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Getting sink to work with "message" on R 2.11.0 - what
> did I miss?
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> I want to get both the 4 and the "1+3" that created it.
> 
> I am trying to help someone else on the mailing list that is looking
> for a
> way to "sink" the console into word, so he could have word read it to
> him
> (he is blind).
> I know how to do the second part, but the first part (using sink with
> the
> commands, and not just the output), I am somehow missing...
> 
> Best,
> Tal
> 
> 
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> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:17 AM, David Winsemius
> <dwinsemius at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
> >
> > On May 21, 2010, at 5:02 PM, Tal Galili wrote:
> >
> >  Hi all,
> >>
> >> I am trying to use type message with sink, like this:
> >>
> >> sink("all.Rout", type="message")
> >> 1+3
> >>
> >> sink()
> >>
> >> readLines(con = "all.Rout")
> >>
> >> So to get the following output:
> >>
> >>  1+3
> >>>
> >> [1] 4
> >>
> >> Obviously this doesn't work.
> >>
> >>
> > What are you trying to do? The sink help page has two rather dire
> warnings
> > about not using type="message",  and using type="output would give
> you what
> > you ask:
> >
> > > sink("all.Rout", type="output")
> >
> > > 1+3
> > >
> > > sink()
> > >
> > > readLines(con = "all.Rout")
> > [1] "[1] 4"
> >
> > The extra "[1]" and quotes are from the readLines function, not from
> > all.Rout.
> >
> >
> >  I tried some variations (based on the explanations in the help) but
> am
> >> missing something on how to make it work.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> (p.s: I need this so to help Faiz Rasool in his latest post)
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Tal
> >>
> > --
> > David Winsemius, MD
> > West Hartford, CT
> >
> >
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