[R] activate console

[Bert Gunter]

??console  ## This you SHOULD have tried yourself!
?loadRconsole
?windows


It looks to me like you would use e.g. windows() to position and size
the graphics display and then would write a temp file and load it with
loadRconsole() to reposition the Gui window as desired.

a) This sounds clumsy
b) Probably better (but more difficult?) ways to do it with TCL/TK

So I would hope Duncan M. or someone else more knowledgeable about the
ways of Windows and windows would chime in with better alternatives.

-- Bert

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Ben quant <ccquant at gmail.com> wrote:
> Perfect, thanks! Naturally, now I need to resize the console so it doesn't
> cover my new plots. I'd like to resize it on the fly (from within the
> function) then reset the size to its previous size.
>
> So, curConsoleDims() and resize.console() are a made up functions, but they
> demonstrate what I am trying to do:
>
> fun = function(x){
>   plot(x)
>   bringToTop(-1)    #bring console to top (activate console or give console
> control) thanks Bert!
>   dims = curConsoleDims()
>   on.exit(dims)
>   resize.console(width=100,height=100)
> }
> fun(1:4)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ben
>
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Bert Gunter <gunter.berton at gene.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> ??focus   ## admittedly, not the first keyword that comes to mind
>> ?bringToTop
>>
>> -- Bert
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Ben quant <ccquant at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > After I plot something how do I reactivate the console (and not the plot
>> > window) so I don't have to click on the console each time to go to the
>> > next
>> > command?
>> >
>> > Example that does not work:
>> >
>> > fun = function(x){ plot(x); dev.set(dev.prev())}
>> > fun(1:4)
>> >
>> > ...and another that does not work:
>> > fun = function(x){ plot(x); dev.set(NULL)}
>> > fun(1:4)
>> >
>> > Again, by 'not work' I mean I can't seem to give control back to the
>> > console after I plot. I didn't find anything online.
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
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>>
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Bert Gunter
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Phone: 467-7374
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