[R] Current Terminal (console) width

Fri Jan 20 19:36:24 CET 2017

Ista,

I use R through Emacs. I'm trying to get this to work there. At a more
basic level I'm disappointed that when I use R on my Mac I can get this
information but when I use R on Windows I can not.

Thanks,

*Jared Studyvin, PhD *
*Statistician*

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On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > *Jared Studyvin, PhD *
> > *Statistician*
> >
> >
> > Environmental & Statistical Consultants
> > 200 S. Second Street
> > Laramie, WY 82070
> > (307) 721-3179
> > jstudyvin at west-inc.com
> > www.west-inc.com
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> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:29 AM, David L Carlson <dcarlson at tamu.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------
> >> David L Carlson
> >> Department of Anthropology
> >> Texas A&M University
> >> College Station, TX 77840-4352
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Jared
> >> Studyvin
> >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 10:18 AM
> >> To: Ben Tupper <btupper at bigelow.org>
> >> Cc: r-help mailing list <r-help at r-project.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [R] Current Terminal (console) width
> >>
> >> 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,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *Jared Studyvin, PhD *
> >> *Statistician*
> >>
> >>
> >> Environmental & Statistical Consultants
> >> 200 S. Second Street
> >> Laramie, WY 82070
> >> (307) 721-3179
> >> jstudyvin at west-inc.com
> >> www.west-inc.com
> >>
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> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 8:48 AM, Ben Tupper <btupper at bigelow.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > 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 *
> >> > > *Statistician*
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Environmental & Statistical Consultants
> >> > > 200 S. Second Street
> >> > > Laramie, WY 82070
> >> > > (307) 721-3179
> >> > > jstudyvin at west-inc.com
> >> > > www.west-inc.com
> >> > >
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> >> > Ben Tupper
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