[R] Windows Only: winMenuAdd() problem

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 06/07/2008 10:37 AM, Bert Gunter wrote:
> Folks:
> 
> I don't know whether the following is a Windows or R problem, nor whether it
> is particular to my particular Windows version/setup. So any help would be
> appreciated. First the problem, then the info. The following code can be cut
> and pasted into your R session
> 
> 
> #############################
> ### start R
> ### create a plot on device 2 (which can be determined by dev.cur())
> 
> plot(1:10)  
> winMenuAdd("$Graph2Main/newmenu")
> 
> ## the menu has been added to the graphics window
> 
> #### now close all graphics devices 
> ## (can also be done by pointing and clicking on the Windows close icon) 
> 
> graphics.off()
> 
> ## Now repeat
> 
> plot(1:10)  
> winMenuAdd("$Graph2Main/newmenu")
> 
> ## No menu has been added ! -- This is the problem.
> ## However, note:
> 
> winMenuNames()
> 
> ###### End of Code  #####

The problem is that R thinks the menu is there, because it wasn't 
cleaned up when the previous window was closed.  It won't add repeats, 
so you don't get anything added. This should be easy to fix.

Duncan Murdoch

> 
> INFO:
> 
>> version
>                _                           
> platform       i386-pc-mingw32             
> arch           i386                        
> os             mingw32                     
> system         i386, mingw32               
> status                                     
> major          2                           
> minor          7.1                         
> year           2008                        
> month          06                          
> day            23                          
> svn rev        45970                       
> language       R                           
> version.string R version 2.7.1 (2008-06-23)
> 
> OS Details:   Windows XP Professional SP 2
> 
> Cheers to all,
> 
> Bert Gunter
> Genentech, Inc.
> 
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at 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.