[R-gui] [Rd] R GUI considerations (was: R, Wine, and multi-threadedness)
Is there a "simple" way (e.g. some socket based mechanism) to feed commands into R and retrieve the results of those commands? This would require that I program the sequence of commands I want to use (or a means to generate them) and then be able parse the resulting structure - I understand. But it would also allow separation of the computation, the "statistical reasoning", and the UI into (potentially) separate units which would not even need to be on the same machine to inter-operate. If there is a reasonable way to do this, please tell me.
You're roughly describing, how things are done in rkward (http://rkward.sourceforge.net). R and GUI do not run on different machines, not even in different processes. They run in separate threads, however, and there's a high level of separation between the two. There are probably similar implementations, which can be reused more easily in new projects. However, if you want to have a look at one possible way to do it, this documentation may be useful to you: Usage perspective/overview: http://rkward.sourceforge.net/development/en/documentation/api/UsingTheInterfaceToR.html Main low level interface: http://rkward.sourceforge.net/development/en/documentation/api/classREmbedInternal.html Regards Thomas Friedrichsmeier