[R] tcltk tkwidget(..."table")

Fri Jan 22 20:45:33 CET 2016

Thanks, Adrian...the discussions about  R bindings to Tcl and Tk look very
helpful!

-Dan

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:49 AM, Adrian Waddell <adrian.waddell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I have written some content about the R bindings to Tcl and Tk:
>
> http://waddella.github.io/loon/learn_R_tcltk.html
>
> And the pack geometry manager
>
> http://adrian.waddell.ch/EssentialSoftware/Rtcltk_geometry.pdf
>
> But if you have no experience with building graphical user interfaces then
> you might want to look into a book on Tk. "Effective TCL/TK programming" by
> Harrison and McLennan is a good one.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Adrian
> On Jan 21, 2016 10:36 PM, "Dalthorp, Daniel" <ddalthorp at usgs.gov> wrote:
>
>> >  Once you're up to speed on those issues...
>>
>> Any suggestions for getting up to speed on those issues?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:46 AM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > > On 21 Jan 2016, at 00:25 , Dalthorp, Daniel <ddalthorp at usgs.gov>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Thanks, Peter.
>> > >
>> > > I'm sure that's right, but it requires knowing: (1) that there's
>> > something called the "width subcommand", and (2) how to format the call
>> to
>> > that command/subcommand.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Yes, there's a fair amount of that going on with the tcltk interface.
>> You
>> > need to both grasp the rules for passing arguments to the underlying Tcl
>> > command, and know how to find and read the Tcl/Tk documentation. Once
>> > you're up to speed on those issues it's not all that hard to find stuff
>> in
>> > (for the present case), say,
>> > http://tktable.sourceforge.net/tktable/doc/tkTable.html
>> >
>> > The situation may be unfortunate, but the alternative is for "someone"
>> to
>> > sit down an convert all relevant Tcl/Tk documentation to R help files.
>> >
>> > -pd
>> >
>> >
>> > > I was able to do it eventually but only after a few hours of effort
>> > searching the web for help.
>> > >
>> > > E.g. with a table (called table1) with 3 columns and want to set
>> widths
>> > to 30, 5, and 5:
>> > >
>> > > colwidths<-c(30, 5, 5)
>> > >
>> > > for(i in 1:3) {
>> > >   tcl(table1, "width", i - 1, colwidths[i])
>> > > }
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 3:07 PM, peter dalgaard <pdalgd at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > On 19 Jan 2016, at 20:48 , Dalthorp, Daniel <ddalthorp at usgs.gov>
>> > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Does anyone know a simple way to create a tcltk table with columns
>> of
>> > > > varying widths?
>> > >
>> > > Create a table, then set the width of the columns with the width
>> > subcommand?
>> > >
>> > > -pd
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > pathName width ?col? ?value col value ...? If no col is specified,
>> > returns a list describing all cols for which a width has been set. If
>> col
>> > is specified with no value, it prints out the width of that col in
>> > characters (positive number) or pixels (negative number). If one or more
>> > col-value pairs are specified, then it sets each col to be that width in
>> > characters (positive number) or pixels (negative number). If value is
>> > default, then the col uses the default width, specified by -colwidth.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > > -Dan
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > --
>> > > > Dan Dalthorp, PhD
>> > > > USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
>> > > > Forest Sciences Lab, Rm 189
>> > > > 3200 SW Jefferson Way
>> > > > Corvallis, OR 97331
>> > > > ph: 541-750-0953
>> > > > ddalthorp at usgs.gov
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>> > > Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
>> > > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
>> > > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
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>> > > Dan Dalthorp, PhD
>> > > USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
>> > > Forest Sciences Lab, Rm 189
>> > > 3200 SW Jefferson Way
>> > > Corvallis, OR 97331
>> > > ph: 541-750-0953
>> > > ddalthorp at usgs.gov
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>> > --
>> > Peter Dalgaard, Professor,
>> > Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School
>> > Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark
>> > Phone: (+45)38153501
>> > Office: A 4.23
>> > Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk  Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
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>> --
>> Dan Dalthorp, PhD
>> USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
>> Forest Sciences Lab, Rm 189
>> 3200 SW Jefferson Way
>> Corvallis, OR 97331
>> ph: 541-750-0953
>> ddalthorp at usgs.gov
>>
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>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>
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-- 
Dan Dalthorp, PhD
USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
Forest Sciences Lab, Rm 189
3200 SW Jefferson Way
Corvallis, OR 97331
ph: 541-750-0953
ddalthorp at usgs.gov

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