[rkward] [Bug 360350] enhanced context menu for objects

[Jan via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360350

--- Comment #4 from Jan  ---
(In reply to Thomas Friedrichsmeier from comment #3)

Thank you for your reply. I'm delighted about your interest.

> I am slightly surprised by your choice of example actions, though: E.g. 
> dimensions (rows / columns) is already visible from the tool-tip, when 
> hovering the mouse over an object.

You're right. Sometimes "nrow" and "length" return different results so a quick
check via context menu would be useful (for me). Same with "names" and
"colnames".

> Also, the existing "View" action is meant to serve a somewhat similar purpose

"View" isn't a good choice for an overview of large objects. Clicking at the
tab "print(x)" shows "Fetching information. Please wait." for up to a minute.
The command "head" give results much faster.

> I am wondering: Would it make more sense to allow (the same / different?) 
> custom areas in the "View" window, in addition to / instead of your 
> suggestion?

This is another possibility.
Sometimes the first tab of the "View" window "summary(x)" also needs some time
to be ready (for large objects). So the first tab should have only a limited
amount of information.

Example:
first tab: various
ncol: ...
nrow: ...
length: ...
(Please both nrow and length)
names: ...
colnames: ...
(Please both names and colnames)

second tab: head(x)

third tab: tail(x)

(or head(x) and tail(x) combined in one tab)

fourth tab: summary(x)

fifth tab: print(x)

sixth tab: str(x)

Regards

Jan

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[rkward] [Bug 360350] enhanced context menu for objects

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--- Comment #3 from Thomas Friedrichsmeier 
 ---
Thanks for your suggestion. Makes sense.

I am slightly surprised by your choice of example actions, though: E.g.
dimensions (rows / columns) is already visible from the tool-tip, when hovering
the mouse over an object. Also, the existing "View" action is meant to serve a
somewhat similar purpose (although, admittedly, it has not seen any love in a
_long_ time).

I am wondering: Would it make more sense to allow (the same / different?)
custom areas in the "View" window, in addition to / instead of your suggestion?

Brainstorming welcome!

Regards
Thomas

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--- Comment #2 from y...@gmx.de ---
The entries in the context menu should be configured by the user because the
much-needed differ for each one.

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--- Comment #1 from y...@gmx.de ---
Sorry, I pressed accidentally RETURN at the wrong formular element. That
submitted the formular without the description.

Often I need to look at the first part of a R object. So I type into the
console e.g. head(mydataframe). Or I want to know the number of rows and I have
to type nrow(mydataframe).

My idea/wish is that these commands are available in the context menu of the
Workspace browser. Selecting and clicking the command copies the command to the
R console and executes it.

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