[R-sig-Debian] R-SIG-Debian Digest, Vol 35, Issue 1

[(Ted Harding)]

On 06-Jul-08 20:07:44, Tomas Radivoyevitch wrote:
> I just gave this a test drive and a drawback I found was that
> the paste is no longer ctrl-shift-v (i.e. close enough to ctrl-v
> that I can get used to it) but rather shift-insert.
> 
> Does anyone know if there any other drawbacks to this xterm approach?

In Linux (when your windowing system is X-windows, as is standard)
the easiest way to copy&paste text between windows is

a) Use the mouse (holding down the left button) to define the
   block of text you want to copy from one window;[1]
b) Having released the mouse button, move the mouse to the window
   you want to copy into (if necessary, left-click once to "raise"
   that window);[3]
c) With the text cursor in that window at the point where you want
   to insert the copy, simply click the middle mouse button. Then
   it should go in.[2]

Notes:
1: The act of "highlighting" the block with the mouse as in (a)
   enters the blocked text into the "paste buffer" -- you don't
   need to do anything else. The middle button then pastes it.
2: These days, 2-button mice are rare; but if you have one, you
   should configure it (in the X configuration setup) to "emulate
   3 buttons". This then means that pressing both left and right
   buttons together (best done by prssing Left, holding it down,
   then pressing Right without releasing Left) has the same effect
   as pressing the Middle button (which you don't have).
3: Whether left-clicking on a text-entry window will move the
   text cursor in that window to the position of the mouse pointer
   depends on which application is running. In a normal xterm,
   running an editor such as vim, or running the R command line,
   it won't. In a graphical text editor such as gedit, which is
   what you get in Gnome from
     Applications --> Accessories --> Text Editor,
   then it will.

There are a lot of ways in which efficient use of Linux will
differ in detail from what you're used to on Windows, and it's
wise to try to get used to them. In the long run, you won't regret it!

Ted.

> Tom
> 
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Ted Harding
> <Ted.Harding at manchester.ac.uk>
> wrote:
> 
>> I just tried the following in Gnome on Debian:
>>
>> [A]: Launcher icon on the main window.
>> 1. On the "root window" (i.e. the background), click with the
>>   right mouse button.
>> 2. You then get a menu. Choose "Create Launcher".
>> 3. Give it (e.g.) "Name: R", "Generic Name: R", "Comment: R".
>>   (you can change these to what you like: "Name" is what appears
>>   beneath the icon).
>> 4. Enter the command you want to use to start R, including to
>>   start up the terminal window it will run in, e.g.
>>   xterm  -geometry 80x52+0+25 -e R &
>> 5. Click "OK", and you should then have a working R-launcher.
>>
>> [B]: Lancher icon on the task-bar (panel).
>> 1. Right-click the panel. Choose "Add to panel".
>> 2. Double-click "Custom Application Launcher (Create a new lancher)"
>> 3. Proceed as in (3), (4), (5) above.
>>
>> NOTE: Instead of explicitly writing the terminal program in the
>> Command, in either case, you can check the "Run in terminal"
>> button in the launcher setup. However, you then don't have control
>> over features of the terminal window (e.g. size, background and
>> foreground colours, etc.)
>>
>> Hoping this helps,
>> Ted.
>>
>> On 06-Jul-08 16:32:09, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>> >
>> > On 6 July 2008 at 10:38, COREY SPARKS wrote:
>> >| R won't appear under the applications.  Go to the terminal (in the
>> >| accessories menu) and type R.  It will run in command line.
>> >| You might also want to install r-base-dev if you want to compile
>> >| libraries.
>> >
>> > For the record, under Kubuntu, I see it via the
>> >     Debian -> Applications -> Science -> Data Analysis -> GNU R
>> > menu path which makes sense given this menu file in the package:
>> >
>> > ?package(r-base-core):        \
>> >       needs="text"    \
>> >       section="Applications/Science/Data Analysis"    \
>> >       title="GNU R"   \
>> >       command="/usr/bin/R"
>> >
>> > Why Gnome doesn't show this I do not know but I'd be happy to fix
>> > that
>> > in the
>> > package. If somebody knows how to setup proper menu files, let me
>> > know.
>> >
>> > Dirk
>> >
>> > --
>> > Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.
>> >
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