On 11/28/2007 12:05 PM, Mithun Jacob wrote: > I've tried running graphics commands like plot by invoking R at the > command line but the graphics window does not appear. I'm using > R-2.6.0 on Windows XP and am using the cmd shell. Here's a sample > session: > > R --slave --save --file=- > x<-c(1,2,3,4) > plot(x,x) > > This leads to nothing. I've found a way around it, but the graph > window is frozen and commands to it have to be sent twice for the data > to appear. > > R --slave --save --file=- > x<-c(1,2,3,4) > windows() > plot(x,x) > plot(x,x) > > Am I doing something wrong here? It would be nice if I could display a > graphics window which isn't frozen.
Do you really need to run R --slave? R is assuming it is running non-interactively, and won't leave any time free to handle events and update the window. If you just used "R" or "Rterm" as your command, you'd get an interactive command-line version of R running, and everything should work. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ 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.
