Re: [R] Off topic: Tcl/Tk outside R.

2008-07-15 Thread Jim Lemon
On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 08:28 +1200, Rolf Turner wrote: > ... > Yeah, well I see that it works for you --- but it doesn't work for me! > I.e. my original script doesn't work, but Peter D.'s modification > does work. > > Dang! Why are ``they'' always picking on me? :-) > Hi Rolf, I have had the sa

Re: [R] Off topic: Tcl/Tk outside R.

2008-07-14 Thread Rolf Turner
On 15/07/2008, at 4:07 AM, R P Herrold wrote: On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Rolf Turner wrote: Can anyone give me a hint as to why it doesn't work when the the executable script is invoked directly (from tcsh)? Other than the fact that I'm using a Mac :-) . [Invoking unna

Re: [R] Off topic: Tcl/Tk outside R.

2008-07-14 Thread Rolf Turner
On 14/07/2008, at 7:15 PM, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Odd... That _does_ actually work for me, so I guess the issue is Mac-specific. One thought: Tcl is like R; a core language where you load packages in order to do any real work and wish is just Tcl with the Tk package preloaded. I.

[R] Off topic: Tcl/Tk outside R.

2008-07-14 Thread R P Herrold
On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Peter Dalgaard wrote: Rolf Turner wrote: Can anyone give me a hint as to why it doesn't work when the the executable script is invoked directly (from tcsh)? Other than the fact that I'm using a Mac :-) . [Invoking unname -a gives ``Darwin TURNER-ROLF.local 8.11.1 Darwin

Re: [R] Off topic: Tcl/Tk outside R.

2008-07-14 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Rolf Turner wrote: I'm trying to learn about the tcltk package and its uses. Floundering around a bit ... Have discovered Peter Dalgaard's articles in R-News, which should help. Also James Wettenhall's suite of examples look like they might be enlightening, even though the indications are that

[R] Off topic: Tcl/Tk outside R.

2008-07-13 Thread Rolf Turner
I'm trying to learn about the tcltk package and its uses. Floundering around a bit ... Have discovered Peter Dalgaard's articles in R-News, which should help. Also James Wettenhall's suite of examples look like they might be enlightening, even though the indications are that they are Windoze