[R-gui] Re: R-SIG-GUI digest, Vol 1 #22 - 5 msgs

[Mark Myatt]

Regarding configuration, Peter wrote:

>I do actually think it is essential. R is a modular design, and it
>isn't possible to define in advance what a package might wish to
>contain in terms of user interface. Certain things might be boiled
>down to a static description that could sit in an external file or in
>an R data structure, but not all. How would a dynamic graphics
>package like ggobi (um, tkgobi?) fit in for instance? Programmability
>has been *the* key to the success of the S languages, so why should we
>discard the possibility of making our user interfaces programmable?

Yes. Spot on.

Mark

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Mark Myatt