interactive file choosing in Linux?

I am used to using the [R] function choose.files() for interactive file selection in MS-Windows.

What is the comparable function in Linux?   I expected the function file.choose() to display similar behavior, i.e., a graphical interface diplaying a file listing, but all I seem to get is a "text input prompt".   This does not seem correct.

        > file.choose()
        Enter file name: 

I have seen gfile() function in the gWidgets library - but isn't there anything native? 

Thank you!


Derek Eder





Linux:  Ubuntu 9.04,  Gnome, [R] running in terminal or ESS GTK_Emacs (doesn't make any difference to the above).

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Derek N. Eder
Gothenburg University
Vigilance and Neurocognition Laboratory
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Gothenburg Sweden
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