R-Terminal

Hi there!

I use an gnome-terminal for using R.  When I resize the termial to the
maximum size, R uses only the left side of the window.  Can I tell R to
use the whole window somehow?

Thanks,
Martin
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options(width=120)

See ?options

G.
Hi there!

I use an gnome-terminal for using R.  When I resize the termial to the
maximum size, R uses only the left side of the window.  Can I tell R to
use the whole window somehow?

Thanks,
Martin

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Hi there!

I use an gnome-terminal for using R.  When I resize the termial to the
maximum size, R uses only the left side of the window.  Can I tell R to
use the whole window somehow?

This seems to do it:

options(width=Sys.getenv("COLUMNS"))        

(Surprisingly, at least to me, the COLUMNS environment variable appears
to be automagically updated by gnome-terminal even after R is started. I
was expecting to have to play with system("tset") and suchlike.)
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Am Dienstag, den 04.03.2008, 12:34 +0100 schrieb Peter Dalgaard:
Martin Kaffanke wrote:
Hi there!

I use an gnome-terminal for using R.  When I resize the termial to the
maximum size, R uses only the left side of the window.  Can I tell R to
use the whole window somehow?

This seems to do it:

options(width=Sys.getenv("COLUMNS"))        
Thats great!  Is there something like an rc file where I can generally
save this?

lg,
Martin
Ihr Partner f?r Webdesign, Webapplikationen und Webspace.
http://www.roomandspace.com/
Martin Kaffanke +43 650 4514224
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Martin Kaffanke wrote:
Hi there!

I use an gnome-terminal for using R.  When I resize the termial to the
maximum size, R uses only the left side of the window.  Can I tell R to
use the whole window somehow?
This seems to do it:

options(width=Sys.getenv("COLUMNS"))

(Surprisingly, at least to me, the COLUMNS environment variable appears
to be automagically updated by gnome-terminal even after R is started. I
was expecting to have to play with system("tset") and suchlike.)
That seems to work also with KDE's "Konsole". 

It may be worthwile considering
to implement some automatic width-adjustment like:

.adjustwidth <- function(...){
	options(width=Sys.getenv("COLUMNS"))
	TRUE
}

addTaskCallback(.adjustwidth)

After that, the output width is adapted to the actual terminal width
each time one hits return.

Just my 20 cents.
Best,
Martin
Am Dienstag, den 04.03.2008, 12:34 +0100 schrieb Peter Dalgaard:
Martin Kaffanke wrote:
Hi there!

I use an gnome-terminal for using R.  When I resize the termial to the
maximum size, R uses only the left side of the window.  Can I tell R to
use the whole window somehow?

This seems to do it:

options(width=Sys.getenv("COLUMNS"))        
Thats great!  Is there something like an rc file where I can generally
save this?
See ?Startup

G.
lg,
Martin

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Csardi Gabor <csardi at rmki.kfki.hu>    UNIL DGM
Thats really great, but now the sink() uses also this width.  Is it
possible to make sink using another width (i.e. 80 characters)?

Thanks,
Martin

Am Dienstag, den 04.03.2008, 13:23 +0100 schrieb Martin Elff:
On Tuesday 04 March 2008 (12:34:47), Peter Dalgaard wrote:
Martin Kaffanke wrote:
Hi there!

I use an gnome-terminal for using R.  When I resize the termial to the
maximum size, R uses only the left side of the window.  Can I tell R to
use the whole window somehow?
This seems to do it:

options(width=Sys.getenv("COLUMNS"))

(Surprisingly, at least to me, the COLUMNS environment variable appears
to be automagically updated by gnome-terminal even after R is started. I
was expecting to have to play with system("tset") and suchlike.)
That seems to work also with KDE's "Konsole". 

It may be worthwile considering
to implement some automatic width-adjustment like:

.adjustwidth <- function(...){
	options(width=Sys.getenv("COLUMNS"))
	TRUE
}

addTaskCallback(.adjustwidth)

After that, the output width is adapted to the actual terminal width
each time one hits return.

Just my 20 cents.
Best,
Martin

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Thats really great, but now the sink() uses also this width.  Is it
possible to make sink using another width (i.e. 80 characters)?
# auto width adjustment

.adjustWidth <- function(...){
 ??????options(width=Sys.getenv("COLUMNS"))
 ??????TRUE
}

.adjustWidthCallBack <- addTaskCallback(.adjustWidth)

# a wrapper for 'sink'

Sink <- function(...,width=80){
 if(nargs()){
	 removeTaskCallback(.adjustWidthCallBack)
	 rm(.adjustWidthCallBack,envir=globalenv())
         options(width=width)
	 sink(...)
	}
 else{
    sink()
    assign(".adjustWidthCallBack",
	addTaskCallback(.adjustWidth),
	envir=globalenv()
	)
 }
}

# test
Sink("test.out",width=20) # nonsensically narrow, but shows that
                          # width=<something> has an effect...
iris[1:10,]
Sink()
as.matrix(readLines("test.out"))
iris[1:10,]

Best,
Martin

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