[R] load function to R GUI

[Uwe Ligges]

Evgueni Parilov wrote:

> Yep, shame on me. But on the other hand, this is a good example of a 
> vague menu
> item. I think that instead of "Source R code...", it should be "Load 
> source R code..."
> unless it can do more than just loading a source from R file.

No. source() does not only "load", but also parse()s the code!

Also note that load() is completely different from source(). So why do 
you want to confuse the users?

Uwe Ligges


> Evgueni
> 
> Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> 
>> The first menu item on the `File' menu is called `Source R code' and 
>> calls
>> source().  Did you look through the menus?  If not, it would be worth
>> familiarizing yourself with them.
>>
>> On Mon, 14 Jun 2004, Evgueni Parilov wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> That was exactly what I wanted.
>>> Evgueni
>>>
>>>
>>> Ko-Kang Kevin Wang wrote:
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>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
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>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>>>>  
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>>>>> Hi all!
>>>>> I looked through the manual and FAQ, and did not find any
>>>>>  
>>>>>       
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>>>> information
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>>>>> on how to load functions from files (with .R extension) to run them
>>>>>  
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>>>> in
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>>>>> R GUI under Windows. The only way I know is to create and edit a
>>>>> function inside GUI. But what if I want to edit it in Emacs (do not
>>>>> want to use ESS) and then load into GUI?
>>>>> Any suggestions...
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>>>>
>>>> Do you mean ?source?
>>>>
>>>> i.e. save your function in, say, foo.R then use the source() function
>>>> to get it in.
>>>>
>>>> HTH
>>>>
>>>> Kevin