R help - May 2005 - Clear RGUI console under WinXP

Hi,
The recent thread on how to send mail from R got me thinking about a
solution to clearing the rgui console under WinXP (something I've often
wanted to do and I've seen others ask about).  If you create a small vb
script, say called "RClear.vbs":
 
Dim wsh
Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
wsh.AppActivate "R Console"
wsh.SendKeys "^L"
 
and copy this to the %windir%\system32 directory, you can create a function
in R:
 
clear.console <- function() {
   system(paste(Sys.getenv("windir"),"/system32/cscript.exe
rclear.vbs",sep=""),
      intern=F, invisible=T)
}
 
that will clear the the rgui console.  Sorry for the redundancy if someone
has already posted a similar solution.
 
Norm Olsen
Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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