[R] User input after opening graphing device

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 12/11/2010 8:58 AM, Jan Eitel wrote:
> Bert Gunter<gunter.berton<at>  gene.com>  writes:
>
> >
> >  PLEASE follow the posting guide and give us the output of sessionInfo().
> >
> >  I was unable to duplicate your problem -- it worked fine for me.
> >
> >  >  sessionInfo()
> >  R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
> >  Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
> >
> >  locale:
> >  [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
> >  [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
> >  [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
> >  [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
> >  [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
> >
> >  attached base packages:
> >   [1] datasets  splines   grid      tcltk     stats     graphics  grDevices
> >   [8] utils     methods   base
> >
> >  other attached packages:
> >  [1] TinnR_1.0.3     R2HTML_2.2      Hmisc_3.8-3     survival_2.35-8
> >  [5] svSocket_0.9-48 lattice_0.19-13 MASS_7.3-8
> >
> >  loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> >  [1] cluster_1.13.1 svMisc_0.9-60  tools_2.12.0
>
>
>
>
> It works if you run it line by line. However, if you copy and paste all
> following six lines into R:
>
> windows()
> bringToTop(-1)
> interactive()
> run<- readline(prompt = "Continue (Yes = 1, No = 2):")
> dummy<- 1
> run
>
>
> it does not allow user input (e.g. it does not prompt you "Continue (Yes = 1,
> No = 2):").


Sure it does, and then you type "dummy <- 1", and that satisfies it.  
Cutting and pasting is all interpreted as typing.  (How else could it 
work???)

If you want the interactivity, you can use source("clipboard").

Duncan Murdoch