For clarity, maintenance of the COLUMNS environment variable is a feature of certain terminal drivers, and is therefore an operating system feature, not an R feature. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
On January 20, 2017 1:40:38 PM PST, Ista Zahn <istaz...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi Jared, > >On Jan 20, 2017 1:36 PM, "Jared Studyvin" <jstudy...@west-inc.com> >wrote: > >Ista, > >I use R through Emacs. I'm trying to get this to work there. > > >Here is how ESS calculates the width of the comint buffer: > >https://github.com/emacs-ess/ESS/blob/e21af4d2a09c6cb6061e8cd9f0f5cacadedcccc3/lisp/ess-inf.el#L2449 > >This works cross-platform. > >At a more basic level I'm disappointed that when I use R on my Mac I >can >get this information but when I use R on Windows I can not. > > >Sounds like an issue that should be taken up with microsoft. > > >Thanks, > >*Jared Studyvin, PhD * >*Statistician* > > >Environmental & Statistical Consultants >200 S. 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That might be >> useful information. >> >> Best, >> Ista >> >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > >> > *Jared Studyvin, PhD * >> > *Statistician* >> > >> > >> > Environmental & Statistical Consultants >> > 200 S. Second Street >> > Laramie, WY 82070 >> > (307) 721-3179 >> > jstudy...@west-inc.com >> > www.west-inc.com >> > >> > *Follow WEST: *Facebook >> > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western%E2%80%90EcoSystems%E2 >> %80%90Technology%E2%80%90WESTInc/125604770807646> >> > , Twitter <http://twitter.com/WestEcoSystems>, Linked In >> > <http://www.linkedin.com/company/1458419>, Join our Mailing list >> > <http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=00 >> 1qrD4A3S5xJ5KgMyelH9jyw%3D%3D> >> > >> > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message and any accompanying >communications >> > are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. >§§ >> > 2510-2521, and contain information that is privileged, confidential >or >> > otherwise protected from disclosure. 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Thank you. >> > >> > P Please consider the environment before printing. >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 9:29 AM, David L Carlson ><dcarl...@tamu.edu> >> wrote: >> > >> >> I cannot replicate that on Windows 8 (64 bit or 32 bit): >> >> >> >> > options('width') >> >> $width >> >> [1] 90 >> >> >> >> # Drag the window to resize, then: >> >> >> >> > options('width') >> >> $width >> >> [1] 124 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------- >> >> David L Carlson >> >> Department of Anthropology >> >> Texas A&M University >> >> College Station, TX 77840-4352 >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: R-help [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of >Jared >> >> Studyvin >> >> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 10:18 AM >> >> To: Ben Tupper <btup...@bigelow.org> >> >> Cc: r-help mailing list <r-help@r-project.org> >> >> Subject: Re: [R] Current Terminal (console) width >> >> >> >> Ben, >> >> >> >> That options control is about the size of what is printed. I'm >looking >> for >> >> the actual size of the window in real time. >> >> >> >> options('width') ## returns 80 >> >> resize the terminal window >> >> options('width') ## returns 80 >> >> >> >> Sys.getenv('COLUMNS') ## returns current window width >> >> resize the terminal window >> >> Sys.getenv('COLUMNS') ## returns a different value >> >> >> >> This however does not work on a Windows OS. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *Jared Studyvin, PhD * >> >> *Statistician* >> >> >> >> >> >> Environmental & Statistical Consultants >> >> 200 S. 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