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Message-ID: <20200705224605.GB96551@posteo.no>
Date: 2020-07-05T22:46:05Z
From: Rasmus Liland
Subject: Opening Another Application in R Then Hangs
In-Reply-To: <DM5PR13MB11612428E23C6C4BFEB3D6FFFA680@DM5PR13MB1161.namprd13.prod.outlook.com>

On 2020-07-05 22:16 +0000, Sparks, John wrote:
> 
> For this example, I want to open notepad, 
> then go to notepad and type something in.  

Dear John,

Perhaps start Notepad in the background is 
what you mean?  Something like 

	system2("START /B Notepad", invisible=FALSE)

Found it at [1].  I'm not on Windows ever, so 
I can not test it.

What are you trying to achieve here?

Where would the things you type into Notepad 
end up?  Will R read it.  It might be more 
useful to take user input by calling 

	readline(prompt="Enter something here at least: ")

Best,
Rasmus

[1] https://superuser.com/a/591084

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