[R] Associate a .R file with the RGui

[Uwe Ligges]

On 06.11.2022 17:21, Amarjit Chandhial via R-help wrote:
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> 
> 
> Hi Uwe,
> 
> 
> RGui does have advantages vs. RStudio, and vice-versa.
> 
> RStudio is much faster than it used to be.
> 
> I currently have .R files associated with RStudio, i.e. in File Explorer
> if I double-click on a .R file it opens in the editor in RStudio as an R
> script.
> 
> In File Explorer if I right-click on a .R file, Open with, I get the
> options: R for Windows GUI Front-end or RStudio or Search the Microsoft
> Store or choose another app.
> If I choose R for Windows GUI Front-end, RGui (64-bit) opens, but no .R
> file, in the editor.
> If I choose RStudio the .R file opens in the editor in RStudio as an R
> script.
> 
>   From the adaptation, if I choose R for Windows GUI Front-end, will the
> .R file open in RGui (64-bit) within the editor?

Yes.


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> 
> I have a new Windows PC and maybe, at least for the time being, it's
> best for me to have them associated with RStudio.
> 
> Although, yes, I agree, it should be naturally implemented in R, having
> installed RStudio.

I meant to implement that one can choose the internal editor to open .R 
files. File associations can be set by RStudio, too, but that is not an 
R(-core) matter.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> 
> thanks,
> Amarjit
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> 
> 
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> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Uwe Ligges" <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
> To: "David Winsemius" <dwinsemius using comcast.net>; "Amarjit Chandhial"
> <a.chandhial using btinternet.com>; "Jeff Newmiller"
> <jdnewmil using dcn.davis.ca.us>
> Cc: "Amarjit Chandhial via R-help" <r-help using r-project.org>
> Sent: Sunday, 6 Nov, 2022 At 15:15
> Subject: Re: [R] Associate a .R file with the RGui
> 
> 
>    On 06.11.2022 01:40, David Winsemius wrote:
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>    On 11/5/22 09:58, Amarjit Chandhial via R-help wrote:
>    Hi Jeff,
> 
> 
>    Please see my original question.
> 
>    You were told that RGui is not an editor.
> 
>    Are you implying that your initial message contained an implicit
> request for instructions on how to get R code in an .R file to be opened
> automagically when double-clicked or to have "open in <some editor>"
> appear when right-clicked? (I didn't see that clearly expressed.)
> 
>    If you want something else to happen with a file that has a .R
> extension when double-clicked or right-clicked in a GUI file manager,
> then you need to configure your OS to do whatever else it is that you
> expect. This is not really an R question. It's an OS question. There are
> many editors that can also bring up R consoles when the right  key combo
> is pressed. They do require some study for their specific actions, but
> this is not really the place to get guidance on the fine details.
> 
> 
>    Friends, RGui contains an editor. It allows to send lines / code
> blocks to the R concole. We know users who need braille displays use the
> RGui internal editor as that apparently cooperates better with braille
> displays + R as many other editors.
>    And as it does not hide half of R by its own functions, I'd pefer that
> over some very popular other editors if I had no other choice.
> 
> 
>    To answer the OP's question, R does not have a built in way to get
> this task directly done, but searching the web suggests a rather simple
> way (well,m a hack as starting R with other command args may fail now,
> but you can extend this and look for a specific naming scheme):
> 
>    <https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2007-August/138064.html
> <https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2007-August/138064.html> >
> 
>    let is adapt this for the recent version of R:
> 
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>    1. Add the line
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>    if ( length(z <- commandArgs(TRUE)) ) utils::file.edit(z[1])
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>    to the Rprofile.site file; and
> 
>    2. Edit the registry to associate the .R extension with the command
> 
>    C:\Program Files\R\R-4.2.2\bin\x64\Rgui.exe --args "%1"
> 
> 
>    I think we should implement this in R anyway.
> 
>    Best,
>    Uwe Ligges
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