R help - Aug 2008 - Basic question about X11()

Hello,
 
I have a basic question about the display() function, but I can't find the
answer easily.
 
I am running R 2.7.16.0 on Suse linux 11.0
 with KDE 4.0
 
I have several desktops, that I use at the same time, called Desktop 1, Desktop
2, etc.
I want to open a X11() window in another desktop than the one I'm working
from. I tried to do this by using:
 
X11(display="Desktop 1");
 
However, this results in an error:

Error in X11(d$display, d$width, d$height, d$pointsize, d$gamma, d$colortype,  :
  unable to start device X11cairo
In addition: Warning message:
In X11(display = "Desktop 1") :
  unable to open connection to X11 display 'Desktop 1'

If I make a window with just x11() and than move the window manually to another
desktop, It works fine, i.e. I can draw a plot in that window.

I am probably just missing some basic syntax rules here. What should I do to get
my X11 window to be generated on another desktop than the one i was working
from?

Thanks in advance,
Mathijs Groeneweg

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On Wed, 27-Aug-2008 at 02:42PM +0200, Groeneweg M (GEN) wrote:

|> Hello,
|>  
|> I have a basic question about the display() function, but I can't find
the answer easily.
|>  
|> I am running R 2.7.16.0 on Suse linux 11.0

Are you sure of that? R-2.7.2 is the most recent.


|>  with KDE 4.0


Your question is one relating to your window manager.  The display
parameter for x11() does not relate to desktops.  All the desktops are
part of the same display.  Some very clever R-devel people might be
able to think of a way of making a specific X call to achieve what you
want, but it seems unlikely to me that it could be make to work with
more than one window manager.

It's very simple in KDE to set up keyboard shortcuts to move a window
to a specific desktop.

HTH

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