[R] Current Terminal (console) width

Fri Jan 20 18:29:54 CET 2017

On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Jared Studyvin <jstudyvin at west-inc.com> wrot:
> David,
>
> When using native R GUI that does work because the option is checked to do
> that. See Edit -> GUI Preferences...
>
> I'm looking for the R code that will do that same thing so when R is not
> being run in the native GUI I can ensure that same behavior.

You still have not told use where it IS being run. That might be
useful information.

Best,
Ista

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> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:29 AM, David L Carlson <dcarlson at tamu.edu> wrote:
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>> I cannot replicate that on Windows 8 (64 bit or 32 bit):
>>
>> > options('width')
>> $width
>> [1] 90
>>
>> # Drag the window to resize, then:
>>
>> > options('width')
>> $width
>> [1] 124
>>
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>> Subject: Re: [R] Current Terminal (console) width
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>> Ben,
>>
>> That options control is about the size of what is printed. I'm looking for
>> the actual size of the window in real time.
>>
>> options('width') ## returns 80
>> resize the terminal window
>> options('width') ## returns 80
>>
>> Sys.getenv('COLUMNS') ## returns current window width
>> resize the terminal window
>> Sys.getenv('COLUMNS') ## returns a different value
>>
>> This however does not work on a Windows OS.
>>
>> Thanks,
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>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Ben Tupper <btupper at bigelow.org> wrote:
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>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Have you looked at
>> >
>> > > > options("width")
>> > > $width
>> > > [1] 80
>> >
>> > and does that get at what you need?
>> >
>> > Ben
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Jan 20, 2017, at 9:58 AM, Jared Studyvin <jstudyvin at west-inc.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > On a non Windows OS the following command: Sys.getenv("COLUMNS")
>> > > Will return the current width of the R terminal (console) but this does
>> > not
>> > > work on a Windows OS.
>> > >
>> > > Does anyone know equivelant R code when install on a Windows OS?
>> > >
>> > > I'm using WIndows 10 Pro Version: 1607; R 3.3.2
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > > *Jared Studyvin, PhD *
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