[R] Reset running R session to --vanilla state?

[Rainer M Krug]

Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> writes:

> On 28/05/2015 4:52 AM, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Is there a way of resetting R to the --vanilla state *without
>> closing and restarting* R, i.e. all packages un-loaded (except the
>> ones loaded automatically in --vanilla), all options reset, dev()
>> closed, environments detached and deleted, ...?
>>
>
> Not with the standard front-ends.  I would guess you could write your
> own front end that did that, but it would probably be easier to just
> run R in a separate process, and close and restart it.  I think that's
> what RStudio does.

That's what I guessed. I wanted to do this in emacs / ess but then I
have to think about a restart solution in ESS, which should be possible.

Thanks,

Rainer


>
> Duncan Murdoch
>

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