On 11-03-14 5:03 PM, Gene Leynes wrote:
As much as I love R, there are still the occasional shortcomings.
I would love to find a solution to the "save as..." problem.
Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Open any version of he R GUI in Windows
2. Choose "File> Open" from the menu
3. Open a script that is in a different directory
4. Choose "File> Save As" from the menu
In just about any other application you would be presented with a GUI
showing the current folder of the script and the current name of the
script. You could then edit the name and save.
In R, you have to find the directory of the script and the script name. It
can be annoying from a GUI perspective, especially if you typically work in
one directory and store your scripts somewhere else, and the problem is
worse when you have many script versions or directories.
I know there are many ways to work around this issue.
I also know about the batch file project.
However, it seems like this is something that users shouldn't *need* to work
around.
I think this is related to the fact that R has no way of knowing the
location of any open script file.
(Please correct me if I'm wrong about that last part! )
I think this has come up before, but I couldn't find it in my searches.
Is this a problem for other users as well?
Should I post this to the development list?
Is this change known to be possible / impossible?
Can I help make the change?
I think it's simply a matter of different working patterns. R offers
the current working directory to save into. For some people, that's
fine. Others (like you) want some other default.
I don't think we want to make the editor so elaborate that it caters to
every taste. If you want a better editor, there are lots out there,
including several that have good integration with R (Emacs, Eclipse,
WinEdt, TinnR, etc.) I think it would be best to use one of those
editors, customized to suit your needs.
Duncan Murdoch
Thanks
Gene
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