[R-SIG-Mac] How to put below code in Automator in iOS

[David Winsemius]

> On Oct 27, 2016, at 11:05 AM, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The code is same as in that page. i.e.
> 
> require(tcltk)
> 
> tt <- tktoplevel()
> rb1 <- tkradiobutton(tt)
> rb2 <- tkradiobutton(tt)
> rbValue <- tclVar("oranges")
> tkconfigure(rb1,variable=rbValue,value="apples")
> tkconfigure(rb2,variable=rbValue,value="oranges")
> tkgrid(tklabel(tt,text="Which do you prefer?"))
> tkgrid(tklabel(tt,text="Apples "),rb1)
> tkgrid(tklabel(tt,text="Oranges "),rb2)
> 
> OnOK <- function()
> {
>    rbVal <- as.character(tclvalue(rbValue))
>    tkdestroy(tt)
>    if (rbVal=="apples")
>    tkmessageBox(message="Good choice!  An apple a day keeps the doctor away!")
>    if (rbVal=="oranges")
>    tkmessageBox(message="Good choice!  Oranges are full of Vitamin C!")
> }
> OK.but <- tkbutton(tt,text="OK",command=OnOK)
> tkgrid(OK.but)
> tkfocus(tt)

I'm predicting that you cannot get that file to do anything interesting with Rscript, so I don't understand why you think that you can use an Rscript-ing strategy within Automator.

-- 
David.
> 
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 11:10 PM, David Winsemius
> <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:32 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:16 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 27, 2016, at 10:07 AM, Christofer Bogaso <bogaso.christofer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Previously I posted this same thread in general R help, however folks
>>>>> there suggested to post in this specialized group for better answer.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a piece of code available here
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://mcu.edu.tw/~chenmh/teaching/project/r/reference/RTclTkExamples/radiobuttons.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> Now I put that code in a .R file and then created an .app file in Mac
>>>>> using Automator as explained below
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.r-bloggers.com/how-to-source-an-r-script-automatically-on-a-mac-using-automator-and-ical/
>>>>> 
>>>>> Surprisingly what I see is that, when I put that R code in a .app
>>>>> file, R fails to pop up the input window, which otherwise is fine when
>>>>> I just copy paste that code in R window.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Could you please help if I need to have anything extra so that my .app
>>>>> will be able to take the input.
>>>> 
>>>> You should post the code that is in your .R file.
>>> 
>>> I have further concerns that I should have mentioned because I suspect you're trying to use functions that are not designed to be used inside Rscript process. The Tcl/Tk functions are designed to use in interactive sessions.
>> 
>> And some searching on this matter shows that there have been prior suggested approaches to starting interactive R processes from a system console session:
>> 
>> http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.r-project.r-help+rscript+interactive+tcl#query:list%3Aorg.r-project.r-help%20rscript%20interactive%20tcl+page:1+mid:uyykuacq77cuxoas+state:results
>> 
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for your time.
>>>>> 
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>>>> David Winsemius
>>>> Alameda, CA, USA
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>> 

David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA