[R-SIG-Mac] R mac gui improvements

[David Winsemius]

On the subject of the GUI's management of the quartz window, I am  
wondering if there is an option in the current controls that I could  
change somewhere that would bring the quartz window to the foreground  
when a new plot is displayed?

On the subject of possibly using Apple's PDFkit, I wondered whether it  
might have a benefit in off-loading from the Mac developers the  
programming details involved in creating the screen display and allow  
file creation. At the moment there is only one file format supported  
(pdf) and the copy function does not apparently create a clipboard  
file that OpenOffice.org can paste. I cannot be sure that both  
problems would be solved by using an Apple PDFkit interface. After  
looking at the PDFkit pages I am thinking neither would be immediately  
solved, and the path forward for me would be a mechanism for invoking  
the pdf device and triggering a system script for reopening the newest  
file in Preview, which would then offer me all the facilities I seek.

-- 
David Winsemius

On Jun 12, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Thomas Julou wrote:

> Dear Jiang,
>
> Thank you very much for your reply.
> I definitely understand that such enhancement is not a priority… but
> hope that future version of R will still be improved (though it's  
> open-
> source ;)
>
> So if this point convince some contributor, it would be cool to see
> this implemented… one day…
> Best,
>
> Thomas
>
>
>
>
> Le 12 juin 09 à 11:26, Jiang Peng a écrit :
>
>> Hi, Thomas
>> I feel like the suggestion is not a core improvement of GUI, but
>> just a enhancement, does it  ?
>> The R GUI now is NOT the time to do such things since it open
>> source, it takes time.
>>
>> best
>> On Jun 12, 2009, at 5:06 PM, Thomas Julou wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> First of all, I would like to thank you for the great gui you
>>> developped for R under mac. What a great change when it appeared!
>>>
>>> By now, a few improvement would make user life even easier and more
>>> pleasant ;)
>>> Mainly regarding quartz graphic windows: having a toolbar with a few
>>> features would not hurt. As in TexShop for instance: hand, small
>>> magnifier, big magnifier, zoom tool, save and print… and why not
>>> tabbed graphic window.
>>>
>>> Here are my two cents… I have no idea about the doability, but I
>>> guess that if you use mac PDFkit for display, these functions should
>>> be provided out of the box?! But I'm not sure quartz rely on
>>> PDFkit…
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance for your attention. Best regards,
>>>
>>> Thomas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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