Message-ID: <5270514.1243364379593.JavaMail.oracle@midtier-lyk-3.it.gu.se>
Date: 2009-05-26T18:59:39Z
From: Derek Eder
Subject: 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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platform?????? i486-pc-linux-gnu??????????
arch?????????? i486???????????????????????
os???????????? linux-gnu??????????????????
system???????? i486, linux-gnu????????????
status????????????????????????????????????
major????????? 2??????????????????????????
minor????????? 8.1????????????????????????
year?????????? 2008???????????????????????
month????????? 12?????????????????????????
day??????????? 22?????????????????????????
svn rev??????? 47281??????????????????????
language?????? R??????????????????????????
version.string R version 2.8.1 (2008-12-22)
Derek N. Eder
Gothenburg University
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