Sorry, I meant "data.entry()", not "edit.data()" (the latter due to mental cross-wiring with "edit.data.frame()").
I think that Nello Blaser's suggestion of "View" may be what I seek (when I can persuade it to find the font it seeks ... )! With thanks, Barry. Ted. On 26-Mar-2013 10:20:59 Barry Rowlingson wrote: > On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Ted Harding <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> > wrote: >> Greetings All. >> >> The function edit.data() allows a convenient spreadsheet-like >> view of a dataframe with too many rows/columns to fit on the >> screen (especially when there are many columns). Very useful >> when scanning through a dataset (row & column are conveniently >> identified by the labels at the side and above). > > Do you mean: > > d=data.frame(x=1:10,y=runif(10)) > edit(d) > > ? Because I don't have an edit.data function (maybe its windows only). > >> However, there seens to be no option to set it "read-only" on >> start-up, with the consequence that a clumsy key-press or >> mouse-click could cause a change in the data which would then >> be stored after quitting edit.data(). >> >> Is there a possibility of a read-only option? Or some other >> function which could offer similar viewing capability without >> the risk of data change? > > If you just want to view the data, don't assign it back. The "edit" > function only updates the data if you assign it back, as in: > > d=edit(d) > > so a 'read only' version would be: > > invisible(edit(d)) > > except the user here can change the values in the cells, they just > don't go anywhere. Except into .Last.value if you decide you really > did want to get the values... > > Barry > > ______________________________________________ > 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. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net> Date: 26-Mar-2013 Time: 10:36:32 This message was sent by XFMail ______________________________________________ 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.
