I'm sorry - yes I meant 2.15.3. But I think it probably does not matter. Others are not seeing the behavior that I am (with any version), so I don't think R is the problem. But I will post if I ever get it figured out.
Thanks, Glenn Stauffer -----Original Message----- From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 10:58 AM To: Glenn Stauffer Cc: 'Prof Brian Ripley'; r-help@r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] positioning of R windows On 05/03/2013 10:22 AM, Glenn Stauffer wrote: > I've updated to the latest version of R, That's a little ambiguous. Do you mean 2.15.3? I didn't put the new change into that, because it was too late. You can try a build of the development version, which will be released as 3.0.0 in April, and you should see different behaviour. Duncan Murdoch > but still the problem persists. > Another thing I noticed (but failed to mention before) is that when I > initially open the "change working directory" dialog box, the little > line labeled "Folder:" (under the window showing the folder tree) does > show the current folder for a split second before reverting back to > the folder "Computer". But the tree always just selects "Computer" and > below that lists the C drive and the D drive. > > Anyway, I am convinced now that it is not an R issue, but rather > something about my computer, specifically. > > Glenn Stauffer > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan Murdoch [mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 8:25 AM > To: Glenn Stauffer > Cc: 'Prof Brian Ripley'; r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] positioning of R windows > > On 13-02-28 11:10 AM, Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > On 28/02/2013 11:00 AM, Glenn Stauffer wrote: > >> Ahh, I should have known about the MDI and SDI options - choosing > >> SDI lets me do what I want. Thanks. > >> On #2, I realized that when the change directory dialog window pops > >> up, if I resize it, R remembers the resizing so that now the entire > >> window is visible. I should have tried that before I posted. No > >> luck though on getting the "change directory" dialog box to begin > >> at the current working directory the same manner as 'save' or 'open' > >> dialog boxes. > >> I'll update to the new R version > > > > In the 2.15.3 release candidate, I see this: > > > > The first time I open that control, it starts in the current working > > directory. > > > > After that, it starts in the last directory chosen in that control. > > If I've used setwd() in the console to change, it doesn't see the change. > > > > This might be fixable, but not for tomorrow. > > It is now changed so that it starts in the current working directory, > whether that was chosen by dialog or setwd(). This will appear in 3.0.0. > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Glenn Stauffer > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > >> [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of Prof Brian > >> Ripley > >> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 1:52 AM > >> To: r-help@r-project.org > >> Subject: Re: [R] positioning of R windows > >> > >> On 27/02/2013 22:33, Glenn Stauffer wrote: > >>> I have 2 (related, I think) questions about positioning of windows > >>> within > >> R. > >>> > >>> 1. I often work with a second monitor and sometimes like to > arrange > >> 1 > >>> or more plot windows on the second monitor, while keeping the > >>> console on the primary monitor (so I can see things better). I > >>> used to be able to do this (when using Windows XP), but it seems > >>> that now (using Windows 7) I can't even move the plot window > >>> outside of the parent R window. Is this a Windows > >>> 7 issue, or something I can fix with R preferences? > >> > >> Run RGui with --sdi I don't believe it was ever intentionally > >> possible to move MDI windows outside the frame. > >> > >>> 2. When I use the file menu to change directories I noticed 2 > >>> differences from Win XP to Win 7. In Win 7, 1) the bottom of the > >>> pop-up window is off the bottom of my computer, and 2) the > >>> directory tree defaults to something close to the root, regardless > >>> of the current > >> working directory. > >>> In Win XP, the directory tree defaulted to the current working > >>> directory, which made it easy to jump up one folder, etc. Is there > >>> any way to make this the default behavior? > >> > >> Ask Microsoft not to change the behaviour of their common controls API. > >> > >>> I am using R 2.15.1 > >> > >> Which is not current: R 2.15.3 will be released tomorrow. And you > >> are comparing an old OS (Win7) with a very old one (XP): R for > >> Windows was adapted for Win7 and before that, Vista, several years ago. > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Glenn Stauffer > >>> > >>> > >>> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >>> > >>> ______________________________________________ > >>> 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. > >>> > >> > >> > > > > ______________________________________________ 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.
