[R] positioning of R windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 05/03/2013 10:22 AM, Glenn Stauffer wrote:
> I've updated to the latest version of R,

That's a little ambiguous.  Do you mean 2.15.3?  I didn't put the new 
change into that, because it was too late.  You can try a build of the 
development version, which will be released as 3.0.0 in April, and you 
should see different behaviour.

Duncan Murdoch


>   but still the problem persists.
> Another thing I noticed (but failed to mention before) is that when I
> initially open the "change working directory" dialog box, the little line
> labeled "Folder:" (under the window showing the folder tree) does show the
> current folder for a split second before reverting back to the folder
> "Computer". But the tree always just selects "Computer" and below that lists
> the C drive and the D drive.
>
> Anyway, I am convinced now that it is not an R issue, but rather something
> about my computer, specifically.
>
> Glenn Stauffer
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 8:25 AM
> To: Glenn Stauffer
> Cc: 'Prof Brian Ripley'; r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] positioning of R windows
>
> On 13-02-28 11:10 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> > On 28/02/2013 11:00 AM, Glenn Stauffer wrote:
> >> Ahh, I should have known about the MDI and SDI options - choosing SDI
> >> lets me do what I want. Thanks.
> >> On #2, I realized that when the change directory dialog window pops
> >> up, if I resize it, R remembers the resizing so that now the entire
> >> window is visible. I should have tried that before I posted. No luck
> >> though on getting the "change directory" dialog box to begin at the
> >> current working directory the same manner as 'save' or 'open'
> >> dialog boxes.
> >> I'll update to the new R version
> >
> > In the 2.15.3 release candidate, I see this:
> >
> > The first time I open that control, it starts in the current working
> > directory.
> >
> > After that, it starts in the last directory chosen in that control. If
> > I've used setwd() in the console to change, it doesn't see the change.
> >
> > This might be fixable, but not for tomorrow.
>
> It is now changed so that it starts in the current working directory,
> whether that was chosen by dialog or setwd().  This will appear in 3.0.0.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Glenn Stauffer
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
> >> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Prof Brian Ripley
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:52 AM
> >> To: r-help at r-project.org
> >> Subject: Re: [R] positioning of R windows
> >>
> >> On 27/02/2013 22:33, Glenn Stauffer wrote:
> >>> I have 2 (related, I think) questions about positioning of windows
> >>> within
> >> R.
> >>>
> >>> 1.       I often work with a second monitor and sometimes like to
> arrange
> >> 1
> >>> or more plot windows on the second monitor, while keeping the
> >>> console on the primary monitor (so I can see things better). I used
> >>> to be able to do this (when using Windows XP), but it seems that now
> >>> (using Windows 7) I can't even move the plot window outside of the
> >>> parent R window. Is this a Windows
> >>> 7 issue, or something I can fix with R preferences?
> >>
> >> Run RGui with --sdi  I don't believe it was ever intentionally
> >> possible to move MDI windows outside the frame.
> >>
> >>> 2.       When I use the file menu to change directories I noticed 2
> >>> differences from Win XP to Win 7. In Win 7, 1) the bottom of the
> >>> pop-up window is off the bottom of my computer, and 2) the directory
> >>> tree defaults to something close to the root, regardless of the
> >>> current
> >> working directory.
> >>> In Win XP, the directory tree defaulted to the current working
> >>> directory, which made it easy to jump up one folder, etc. Is there
> >>> any way to make this the default behavior?
> >>
> >> Ask Microsoft not to change the behaviour of their common controls API.
> >>
> >>> I am using R 2.15.1
> >>
> >> Which is not current: R 2.15.3 will be released tomorrow.  And you
> >> are comparing an old OS (Win7) with a very old one (XP): R for
> >> Windows was adapted for Win7 and before that, Vista, several years ago.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Glenn Stauffer
> >>>
> >>>
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