On 06/07/2009 6:50 AM, f.papenme...@iwm-kmrc.de wrote: > Full_Name: Frank Papenmeier > Version: 2.9.1 > OS: Windows Vista > Submission from: (NULL) (134.2.190.254) > > > Hi, > > is it possible to modify Rgui.exe in order to allow the following behavior: > > Double-click in Windows explorer on fooscript.R will open an instance of > Rgui.exe with the script being opened as well as the working directory being > set > to the directory of fooscript.R
That sounds like a reasonable request. I'll review a patch to implement it if you write one (or convince someone else to do so). One way would be to change the R edit() command so it doesn't wait for you to finish editing; then it could all be done by R code run from your startup file. Duncan Murdoch > > Currently, one has to open Rgui.exe, select "open script", select the script, > and change the working directory to the script location afterwards. > > (BTW: In R 2.8.1 one could open the script by selecting the File->"open > script" > menu and afterwards one had to select File->"change directory" and it would > instantly suggest the directory of the R script. Now (with R 2.9.1) it shows > the > Documents directoy after selecting File->"change directory", again. This is > very > annoying as I need to click through all my folders twice. That is why I would > very much appreciate a possibility of directly opening a R script and changing > the working directory from the Windows explorer.) > > Thanks! > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
