[R] Interactive R, with wrapper

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Mon, 13 May 2002, PAULO VILA SANCHEZ wrote:

> Hello team of R, We have a question about the interactivity of R in Windows,
>
> We are implementing a wrapper in C# for displaying graphics generated by R
> functions.
> The application in C# communicates with R by standard input and standard
> output. (when it is written "interactive()", the response is "FALSE")

This is with rterm.exe, I presume?

> The problem we have is when writing  in the standard input "x11()"
> It displays a window, but it can not be moved after focusing in the c# app.
> The R window ( from command "x11()" ) is able to plot , but , the menu
> disappears , and int cannot refresh.

This is standard behaviour: C programs block on stdin, so the R eventloop
cannot run.

>  Is it possible to know what is going on , and how we can resolve this
> problem ?

Yes, it is possible, for R is Open Source and there are no secrets.
Users are expected to help themselves, though.  The usual way is to

1) read the documentation (you might find out the correct name of the
standard graphics device that way), and if that fails

2) read the code (src/gnuwin32/system.c in this case).

Have you looked at README.rterm, for example?  (Hint: the answer is in
that README.)

> Is there a posibility to work through R's standard input and output , and keep
> windows interaction ?

Yes.  However, I do suggest you use the DCOM interface, which is designed
for the job you are attempting.

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