R help - Mar 2006 - Reduce/eliminate console printing time?

Hi:

I have been writing some functions in R that are about 500-1000 lines long,
and when I copy and paste the code into the R console, it takes about 20-30
seconds for R to ?print? and run the code at the console command line (and
this is just for function definition - R isn't actually executing any
commands).  If I minimize the R console so that it shows only one line at a
time, screen ?printing? time can be cut in half, but it would be nice to
reduce this further when I am changing the code fairly often.  Is there any
way to make the code run in R without ever printing each line in the R
console (such as printing to a ?back? screen that isn?t visible)?

Thanks very much and waiting impatiently,

Toby

On 3/31/06 12:20 PM, "Toby Daniel Ahrens" <tahrens at
stanford.edu> wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> I have been writing some functions in R that are about 500-1000 lines long,
> and when I copy and paste the code into the R console, it takes about 20-30
> seconds for R to ?print? and run the code at the console command line (and
> this is just for function definition - R isn't actually executing any
> commands).  If I minimize the R console so that it shows only one line at a
> time, screen ?printing? time can be cut in half, but it would be nice to
> reduce this further when I am changing the code fairly often.  Is there any
> way to make the code run in R without ever printing each line in the R
> console (such as printing to a ?back? screen that isn?t visible)?
> 
> Thanks very much and waiting impatiently,
See ?source.  Just save your R code and then source it.

Sean