Detlef, so the startup script is the shell script. Can I tell R to start with --no-restore ? if so how?
Thks. H -----Original Message----- From: Detlef Steuer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 2:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [rkward-devel] looking for startup script under openSUSE On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:23:50 -0800 Horace Tso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Finn and other developers, > > I've just looked up /usr/local/bin/ but found no startup script as you > suggested. For OpenSUSE and the like, can you please suggest other possible > locations? > > When I search for "rkward" as root, I found the followings, > > opt/kde3/bin/rkward ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That one should be what you are looking for. detlef > opt/kde3/share/apps/ > opt/kde3/share/doc/HTML/en/ > usr/lib64/R/library/ > usr/lib64/R/library/rkward/R/ > > Thanks in advance. > > Horace Tso > > ________________________________ > From: stfs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 11:35 AM > To: Horace Tso > Subject: Re: [rkward-devel] questions on RKWard > > Hi Horace > Firstly, it may be better to ask help questions on the help list. > To your question. Try getwd() to see where the workspace is located, then go > hunting there for something that looks like a workspace. > When R starts it looks for an existing workspace in the current folder and > perhaps somewhere else (?). Every time you close R it will ask to save the > workspace. > > About startup arguments, the startup script is '/usr/local/bin/rkward' (at > least on Ubuntu). You may find the upstart command in there and change it. > > I'm also extremely pleased with rkward - I think it could be a major selling > point to universities and others who need a professional and accessible > statistical package. > > Best regards > Finn > > On 2008-11-10 18:57, Horace Tso wrote: > Finn, yes indeed I meant workspace. The original problem was, a mysterious > workspace is loaded every time I launch Rkward. I don't want that workspace, > but there is no way to tell Rkward not to load it. > > I figured out a trick over the weekend, which may be non-standard but it > works just fine for me. Right now, I have an icon created for Rkward on the > KDE panel (ie, the bar at the bottom of the screen, kind of like Windows' > Quick Launch) so that I could launch by clicking the icon. I was able to > right-click it and choose Properties. In Properties, there is a field where I > could tell it where to start. By default, it's left blank. When i specify a > folder, the mysterious workspace is no longer loaded. > > Still, a question for you : is there any way to tell Rkward the usual > command-line options, such as --no-restore, --no-site-file, etc. > > Thank you for responding. > > Horace > > PS. So far Rkward has worked out quite well for me. I'm looking forward to > the next release. > > > ________________________________ > From: stfs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 2:23 AM > To: Horace Tso > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [rkward-devel] questions on RKWard > > Hi Horace > I suppose by 'image' you mean the workspace ? > > If that's the case it always has to run in a workspace thus creating one in > memory if you don't choose one yourself. > > You may want to go into 'Settings > RKWard Settings > General' and change > 'Startup Actions'. > > If, on the other hand, you are referring to a graph (ie. bargraph etc.) that > you made in an earlier session this comes from the the .rkward folder in your > home folder (ie. ~/.rkward) > There is an option to reset output in the edit menu (if the output window is > active) > > Regards > Finn > > > > > > On 2008-11-05 23:34, Horace Tso wrote: > Folks, > > I'm making progress moving from Windows to Linux and have RKward up and > running. I read somewhere that Rkward's supposed to be the Tinn-R for linux > and Tinn-R has worked out great for me. So naturally I'd like to do the > following, if possible, > > 1. How to ask Rkward not to load the last saved image. Right now whenever it > starts, it loads an image from some obscure corner of my directory. I can't > quite figure out where it gets that image from. On the command line, I can do > --no-restore. But there seems to be no place to sneak in these command line > options under Rkward. A startup config file hidden somewhere? > > 2. Customize CTRL-keys. Just out of the box, many menu options do not have a > control key associated with them. Any way to pick my favorite key? > > 3. I'm used to typing ?command on the R-console and get a HTML help page pops > up. But when I do that, a shockingly large window comes up and complains in > many words about some error which I can't quite figure out what it's saying > (sorry don't have linux in front of me right now). > > 4. I see there is an 'Output' tab by default. But command results are sent to > R-console, and nothing seems to happen in 'Output'. > > I have R 2.7.1 running under KDE on openSUSE 10.3. > > TIA. > > Horace > > ________________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > RKWard-devel mailing list > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rkward-devel > -- Wisely, and slow. 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