[Rd] X11 device windows are spawned with empty WM_NAME property

2011-06-16 Thread Drew Frank
Hello, I've noticed that X11 device windows (the ones that pop up when I plot something on Linux) aren't assigned any WM_NAME property until after they've been spawned. This causes problems for users of tiling window managers, who may wish to use the WM_NAME property to decide whether to float or

[Rd] Controlling stdin and stdout in an embedded R instance

2011-06-16 Thread Mike Sonsini
Hello, I am very new to R but my question is with respect to the C API for working with an embedded R console. I have been able to start and stop an embedded R console from within a C program as well as use the API to execute commands in it. I am seeking a mechanism to individually send nativ

[Rd] Update: Is there an implementation of loess with more than 3 parametric predictors or a trick to a similar effect?

2011-06-16 Thread Dr. D. P. Kreil (Boku)
Dear R developers! Considering I got no response or comments in the general r-help forum so far, perhaps my question is actually better suited for this list? I have added some more hopefully relevant technical details to my original post (edited below). Any comments gratefully received! Best reg

Re: [Rd] CRAN package with dependencies on Bioconductor

2011-06-16 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 11-06-14 7:21 PM, Kornelius Rohmeyer wrote: 2011/6/11 Duncan Murdoch: [...] I don't understand. It sounds as though you're saying these two contradictory things: - your package works with any version of graph - CRAN builds a version of graph that is incompatible with your package. No,

Re: [Rd] Loose code in R package files

2011-06-16 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
Peter Dalgaard's reply made me wonder if you were looking for a precise answer to what will actually happens at build and load time? The best way to answer such questions is to read the source code (and now this is all in R, it should be accessible to all). Nothing happens at 'build time',