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svMisc (version 0.9-56)

SciViews GUI API - Miscellaneous functions

Description

Supporting functions for the GUI API (various utilitary functions)

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install.packages('svMisc')

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0.9-56

License

GPL (>= 2)

Maintainer

Philippe Grosjean

Last Published

October 29th, 2009

Functions in svMisc (0.9-56)

Args

Show function arguments in a human-readable way - get a call tip
isMac

Is it a Macintosh platform?
isAqua

Is R running with the AQUA GUI?
Parse

Parse a character string as if it was a command entered at the command line
isHelp

Is there a help file and example to run associated with an object?
isSDI

Is Rgui started in SDI mode under Windows?
Sys.tempdir

Get the system temporary directory
Sys.userdir

Get the user directory
objBrowse

Functions to implement an object browser
captureAll

Run an R expression and capture output and messages in a similar way as it would be done at the command line
helpSearchWeb

Search web documents about R and R functions
addTemp

Add data to an item in a temporary list variable
Complete

Get a completion list for a R code fragment
existsTemp

Determine if a variable exists in TempEnv
clipsource

Source code from the clipboard
CompletePlus

Get completion and additional information from an R code fragment
compareRVersion

Compare current R version with a specified one
guiCmd

Execute a command in the GUI client
progress

Display progression of a long calculation on the console and/or in a GUI
addItems

Add items from one vector to another one with or without replacement
listMethods

List all methods associated with a generic function or a class
def

Define a vector of a given mode and length (possibly filling it with default values)
isWin

Is it a Windows platform?
changeTemp

Change an item in a temporary list variable
r

A very silent and multipackage require() function
getTemp

Get a temporary variable from the TempEnv environment
assignTemp

Assign a temporary variable in the TempEnv environment
rmTemp

Remove one or several temporary variable(s) from the TempEnv environment
listTypes

List all types for a method
TempEnv

Get an environment dedicated to temporary variables (and create it if needed)
descFun

Get textual help on function or function arguments
getEnvironment

Get an environment, knowing its position
isRgui

Is Rgui.exe (under Windows) running?
tempvar

Get an arbitrary name for a temporary variable