positioning of R windows

On 28/02/2013 11:00 AM, Glenn Stauffer wrote:

Ahh, I should have known about the MDI and SDI options - choosing SDI lets
me do what I want. Thanks.
On #2, I realized that when the change directory dialog window pops up, if I
resize it, R remembers the resizing so that now the entire window is
visible. I should have tried that before I posted. No luck though on getting
the "change directory" dialog box to begin at the current working directory
the same manner as 'save' or 'open'
dialog boxes.
I'll update to the new R version

In the 2.15.3 release candidate, I see this:

The first time I open that control, it starts in the current working
directory.

After that, it starts in the last directory chosen in that control. If
I've used setwd() in the console to change, it doesn't see the change.

This might be fixable, but not for tomorrow.

Duncan Murdoch

Thanks,
Glenn Stauffer

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Subject: Re: [R] positioning of R windows

On 27/02/2013 22:33, Glenn Stauffer wrote:

I have 2 (related, I think) questions about positioning of windows within

R.

1.       I often work with a second monitor and sometimes like to arrange

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or more plot windows on the second monitor, while keeping the console
on the primary monitor (so I can see things better). I used to be able
to do this (when using Windows XP), but it seems that now (using
Windows 7) I can't even move the plot window outside of the parent R
window. Is this a Windows
7 issue, or something I can fix with R preferences?

Run RGui with --sdi  I don't believe it was ever intentionally possible to
move MDI windows outside the frame.

2.       When I use the file menu to change directories I noticed 2
differences from Win XP to Win 7. In Win 7, 1) the bottom of the
pop-up window is off the bottom of my computer, and 2) the directory
tree defaults to something close to the root, regardless of the current

working directory.

In Win XP, the directory tree defaulted to the current working
directory, which made it easy to jump up one folder, etc. Is there any
way to make this the default behavior?

Ask Microsoft not to change the behaviour of their common controls API.

I am using R 2.15.1

Which is not current: R 2.15.3 will be released tomorrow.  And you are
comparing an old OS (Win7) with a very old one (XP): R for Windows was
adapted for Win7 and before that, Vista, several years ago.

Thanks,

Glenn Stauffer


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