Message-ID: <CDA0AB37-16A9-47DC-8588-5A2002C6731A@r-project.org>
Date: 2009-01-30T15:15:44Z
From: Simon Urbanek
Subject: Scripting R
In-Reply-To: <8D64D4652EB17048B874B0503309CFCA030B1872@epsilon2003.epsilonsgr.it>
Christian,
On Jan 30, 2009, at 4:48 , Christian Prinoth wrote:
>
> Simon,
>
>> If you think so - what is missing? How would you envision it?
>
> In the same way as Excel plugins for Matlab, R etc work in windows.
As I said in my earlier e-mail AFAICS neither Microsoft nor Apple
support plugins and for OO there is already a plugin.
> Currently R-OSX has an Applescript dictionnary with a single
> instruction 'cmd', which allows "remote execution" of R statements.
> What I have in mind are two further instructions 'getdata' and
> 'putdata' that allow to move objects from R to whatever application
> is accessing R via Applescript.
Something along those lines could be done -- probably more natural to
the AS approach abstracting something like a workspace object.
Nonetheless I'm not sure this helps with your problem, because this is
more about UIs talking to each other than proper computing
capabilities. (E.g. it will be likely a pain to use anything bu simple
numbers/vectors). But at least it would be something to play with.
> This way every half-serious OSX application can make use of R's
> calculation power.
>
However, this is an entirely different question. I'm not sure AS is
the best tool for this purpose -- but then the options are rather few
due to lack of plugins ...
Cheers,
Simon