On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Pologruto, Thomas wrote: > Thank you for your response. I tried searching the archives but did not > know that it was called X11() device. > > Can this be done in version 2.6.2 or do I need to have version 2.7.0
Flag --interactive is only in 2.7.0. There is no simple way to get 2.6.2 to accept input redirected from a script and run the event loop on which X11() depends. (One non-simple way is to write an alternative front end.) > running? Also, when you say wait in my script, I need to put a sleep or > something in the script or else it will delete the plot when the script > exits? You need to ensure that the script does not exit, which will close the device (not just delete the plot). Sys.sleep() may not be sufficiently flexible -- one idea is to use locator() to get the viewer to click on the plot when done with it. Another route is to generate the plot as, say, a PNG file and launch a separate viewer to show that via system(wait=FALSE). > Thanks you again, > Tom > > > > > Please follow the attached hyperlink to an important disclosure: > http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/marketcommentary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:12 AM > To: Pologruto, Thomas > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] Displaying Grahics to the X Window when calling R from > command line > > The issue is that the X11() device is the default device only in > interactive use, and further than the event loop is only run in > interactive use. > > You need to > > 1) make use of R 2.7.0 RC > 2) call R with R --vanilla --interactive > 3) arrange for your script to wait for something so the plot remains up. > > This has come up before, so please search the archives for more details. > > > On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Pologruto, Thomas wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am running an R script from the command line by calling: >> >>> R --vanilla < test.R >> >> My terminal is part of the Xwin (Xterm) and there is a plot(1:10) >> command in the test.R script. >> >> This will not produce a grahic though. > > I think it does, on a PostScript or PDF file. > >> When I start R by calling R then >> plotting from the R command in the same xterm, I do get a graphic >> display. >> >> How do I create a xwin plot by calling R from the command line? >> >> Any help is most appreciated. I have preprocessed the data in perl >> and then feed it into my R script and want to see a plot on the > screen. >> >> Thanks, >> Tom >> >> ====================================================================== >> ======== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important >> electronic communications disclaimer: >> >> http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html >> ====================================================================== >> ======== >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > > ============================================================================== > Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic > communications disclaimer: > > http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html > ============================================================================== > > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
