Re: [R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

2016-01-22 Thread peter dalgaard
Good pointers, although R bindings document is not quite getting into the really messy bits. I think Daniel may be at a point where he needs to study the code snippets that he has got to work and figure out why and how they work. The help(TclInterface) page is the most definitive documentation

Re: [R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

2016-01-22 Thread Dalthorp, Daniel
Thanks, Adrian...the discussions about R bindings to Tcl and Tk look very helpful! -Dan On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:49 AM, Adrian Waddell wrote: > I have written some content about the R bindings to Tcl and Tk: > > http://waddella.github.io/loon/learn_R_tcltk.html > > And the pack geometry manag

Re: [R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

2016-01-22 Thread Adrian Waddell
I have written some content about the R bindings to Tcl and Tk: http://waddella.github.io/loon/learn_R_tcltk.html And the pack geometry manager http://adrian.waddell.ch/EssentialSoftware/Rtcltk_geometry.pdf But if you have no experience with building graphical user interfaces then you might wan

Re: [R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

2016-01-21 Thread Dalthorp, Daniel
> Once you're up to speed on those issues... Any suggestions for getting up to speed on those issues? On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:46 AM, peter dalgaard wrote: > > > On 21 Jan 2016, at 00:25 , Dalthorp, Daniel wrote: > > > > Thanks, Peter. > > > > I'm sure that's right, but it requires knowin

Re: [R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

2016-01-21 Thread peter dalgaard
> On 21 Jan 2016, at 00:25 , Dalthorp, Daniel wrote: > > Thanks, Peter. > > I'm sure that's right, but it requires knowing: (1) that there's something > called the "width subcommand", and (2) how to format the call to that > command/subcommand. > Yes, there's a fair amount of that going on

Re: [R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

2016-01-20 Thread Dalthorp, Daniel
Thanks, Peter. I'm sure that's right, but it requires knowing: (1) that there's something called the "width subcommand", and (2) how to format the call to that command/subcommand. I was able to do it eventually but only after a few hours of effort searching the web for help. E.g. with a table (c

Re: [R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

2016-01-20 Thread peter dalgaard
> On 19 Jan 2016, at 20:48 , Dalthorp, Daniel wrote: > > Does anyone know a simple way to create a tcltk table with columns of > varying widths? Create a table, then set the width of the columns with the width subcommand? -pd pathName width ?col? ?value col value ...? If no col is specified,

[R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

2016-01-19 Thread Dalthorp, Daniel
Does anyone know a simple way to create a tcltk table with columns of varying widths? -Dan -- Dan Dalthorp, PhD USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center Forest Sciences Lab, Rm 189 3200 SW Jefferson Way Corvallis, OR 97331 ph: 541-750-0953 ddalth...@usgs.gov [[alternative HT