[R-SIG-Mac] any way to tell R.app to clear console (other than simulating cmd-option-L)?

[Timothy Bates]

Thanks Hans!
I was hoping to avoid relying on simulating keypresses and the consequent context switch.

but it does the trick, so. 

osascript -e 'on run(theCode)' \
          -e 'tell application "R64" to activate' \
          -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke "l" using {command down, option down}' \
          -e 'tell application "TextMate" to activate' \
	  -e 'end run’

Probably best saved as a workflow, to reduce dependency on one editor.
So, as a Services workflow (to install in the new and improved OS X services system)
~/Library/Services


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On 5 Jul 2011, at 7:13 PM, Hans-Jörg Bibiko wrote:

> tell application "R"
> 	activate
> 	tell application "System Events"
> 		keystroke "l" using {command down, option down}
> 	end tell
> end tell

cheers,
tim

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