[R-gui] Interfaces between GUIs and R

[Duncan Murdoch]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 16:39:50 -0500, you wrote in message
<A1D6FFC0-6553-11D7-B170-000393BDE1EC at hsph.harvard.edu>:

>My question: Is there any interest in developing a general kernel 
>interaction protocol for R GUIs? This would most likely include the 
>following:
>	* Representation of data objects
>	* Execution of R statements
>	* Returning graphics of the kernel link
>	* ???

I think there's definitely interest in that.  Before you start from
scratch, you should look at Thomas Baier's DCOM interface (in
http://www.cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/dcom).  It does some of
what you're looking for.

Duncan Murdoch