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[R-gui] start rgtk2 script

2 messages · Christian Gadder, Yihui Xie

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Hi all,
I want to start a Rgtk2 script under Windows by iconclick. But 
possibilities like starting rgui.exe -f filename doesn't work.
Also a batchfile did not work.  After executing the script. no gtk gui 
is visible.
How can I start a Rscript with rgtk2 library in Windows?


greetings, chris
2 days later
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RGui.exe does not accept the -f argument.

One possible way to start RGtk2 with a mouse click on an icon is to
put a shortcut of RGui.exe or R.exe in a certain directory, remove the
directory in the "Start in" filed (right-click on the shortcut icon
--> Properties), then put a file named .Rprofile in the same directory
as your shortcut. In .Rprofile, write the R script related to your
RGtk2 GUI.

Note: as Windows does not like a file which begins with a dot, you
will have to create a file with a "normal" file name (say Rprofile.r)
and RENAME it to .Rprofile in a command window.

Regards,
Yihui
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On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Christian Gadder
<gadder at netzkonstrukte.de> wrote: