Dear Brian, > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Prof > Brian Ripley > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 5:57 AM > To: Pfaff, Bernhard > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [R] Rcmdr -> doItAndPrint -> summary method of > S4-class objectnot in Rcmdr window but R Console > > The FAQ Q8.1 does recommend that summary() methods do not > print themselves but returned a classed object to be printed. > > What doItAndPrint does is to capture the result of an > explicit print, so it will only work for summary methods that > follow that recommendation. >
So that's it -- I should have seen that. > I do think doItAndPrint should be capturing all the output > from a function via sink(), and not just the print of the > final result. > That would be better, wouldn't it. I'll try to figure out how to make that work. Thanks, John > On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Pfaff, Bernhard wrote: > > > Dear list member, > > > > John Fox proposed to me posting this problem to R-Help: > > > > I have written a function suited for Rcmdr and included this in a > > R-file located in Rcmdr/etc as well as an augmented > `Rcmdr-menus.txt'. > > > > Now, I am faced with the following problem: > > method show() of a S4-class object works flawlessly, that > is `doItAndPrint' > > works flawlessly and its output is returned correctly into > the Rcmdr-Window. > > However, by using method summary() for the same S4-class > object fails, > > in the sense that the output is *not* printed in the Rcmdr > window, but > > into the R Console. The summary()-method contains cat() and > slots of > > the S4-class objects only. > > > > My question is: How can it be achieved that method summary() of S4 > > objects is printed in the RCmdr window and why, in the > first instance, > > does it fail to do so by using `doItAndPrint'. > > > > Any help or pointer is much appreciated, > > > > Best Regards > > Bernhard > > > > platform i386-pc-mingw32 > > arch i386 > > os mingw32 > > system i386, mingw32 > > status > > major 2 > > minor 0.1 > > year 2004 > > month 11 > > day 15 > > language R > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- The information contained herein is confidential and is > > inte...{{dropped}} > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > > > > > -- > Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ > University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) > 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) > Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html