R help - Jun 2011 - R command window

Hello.

I'm a visually impaired statistician, working at the National Institute of
Public Health in Denmark.

I would like to use R for some analysis and have succesfully installed version
2.13.0 on my Windows XP labtop.
I then would like to run R interactively but unfortunately the textfont of the
command line in the R window is very hard for me to read. I use a special
program called Zoomtext that among many other functionalities enables me  to
invert colurs.

It is possible to change the prompt (using options(...)) but I cannot see that
it is possible to change the font - eg. and most importantly changing its color
or size.

I have tried to check the Windows FAQ but couldn't find anything.

Is this possible? And (of course) - if yes, how?

I guess the best solution for me is to run R non-interactively because I can use
an editor for my programs - but it is cumbersome.
Can I as a DOS command write something like
R <input-file> <output-file>?

I'm very new in R so it's exciting for me to see if I have any response.

Best wishes
Michael


Michael Davidsen
National Institute of Public Health
University of Southern Denmark
Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 2.
DK-1353 Copenhagen K
Denmark

E-mail: mid@sdu.dk<mailto:mid@sdu.dk>
Web: www.si-folkesundhed.dk<http://www.si-folkesundhed.dk>



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On 11-06-08 9:28 AM, Michael Davidsen wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'm a visually impaired statistician, working at the National Institute
of Public Health in Denmark.
>
> I would like to use R for some analysis and have succesfully installed
version 2.13.0 on my Windows XP labtop.
> I then would like to run R interactively but unfortunately the textfont of
the command line in the R window is very hard for me to read. I use a special
program called Zoomtext that among many other functionalities enables me  to
invert colurs.
There are two ways to run R in Windows.  One runs Rterm in a CMD window. 
  You'll need to use Windows procedures to change the font and colours 
in that window.

The other way (what is the default on the shortcut) is to run RGui.  It 
has a dialog accessed from File | GUI Preferences  that lets you choose 
fonts and colors.  (The font used in the dialog may be hard to read; if 
so, choose Save.  That will write a text file, default name Rconsole, in 
which you can edit all of the settings.  If you save it into 
RHOME/etc/Rconsole, it will be loaded each time you start R.)

Duncan Murdoch
> It is possible to change the prompt (using options(...)) but I cannot see
that it is possible to change the font - eg. and most importantly changing its
color or size.
>
> I have tried to check the Windows FAQ but couldn't find anything.
>
> Is this possible? And (of course) - if yes, how?
>
> I guess the best solution for me is to run R non-interactively because I
can use an editor for my programs - but it is cumbersome.
> Can I as a DOS command write something like
> R<input-file>  <output-file>?
>
> I'm very new in R so it's exciting for me to see if I have any
response.
>
> Best wishes
> Michael
>
>
> Michael Davidsen
> National Institute of Public Health
> University of Southern Denmark
> ?ster Farimagsgade 5A, 2.
> DK-1353 Copenhagen K
> Denmark
>
> E-mail: mid at sdu.dk<mailto:mid at sdu.dk>
> Web: www.si-folkesundhed.dk<http://www.si-folkesundhed.dk>
>
>
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