R help - Nov 2010 - User input after opening graphing device

If I run the following:  
 
> windows()          
> 
> bringToTop(-1)
> 
> interactive()
[1] TRUE
> 
> run <- readline(prompt = "Continue (Yes = 1, No = 2):")      
Continue (Yes = 1, No = 2):
> dummy <- 1
> run
[1] ""

it does not allow user input though the session is interactive (it jumps right
over the readline command).

It would be great if you would have any suggestions of how to solve the problem.

Thanks,
 
Jan




 		 	   		  
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PLEASE follow the posting guide and give us the output of sessionInfo().

I was unable to duplicate your problem -- it worked fine for me.
> sessionInfo()
R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)

locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252

attached base packages:
 [1] datasets  splines   grid      tcltk     stats     graphics  grDevices
 [8] utils     methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] TinnR_1.0.3     R2HTML_2.2      Hmisc_3.8-3     survival_2.35-8
[5] svSocket_0.9-48 lattice_0.19-13 MASS_7.3-8

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] cluster_1.13.1 svMisc_0.9-60  tools_2.12.0

-- Bert

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:52 AM,  <jeitel at vandals.uidaho.edu>
wrote:
>
> If I run the following:
>
>> windows()
>>
>> bringToTop(-1)
>>
>> interactive()
> [1] TRUE
>>
>> run <- readline(prompt = "Continue (Yes = 1, No = 2):")
> Continue (Yes = 1, No = 2):
>> dummy <- 1
>> run
> [1] ""
>
> it does not allow user input though the session is interactive (it jumps
right over the readline command).
>
> It would be great if you would have any suggestions of how to solve the
problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jan
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>


-- 
Bert Gunter
Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics

Bert Gunter <gunter.berton <at> gene.com> writes:
> 
> PLEASE follow the posting guide and give us the output of sessionInfo().
> 
> I was unable to duplicate your problem -- it worked fine for me.
> 
> > sessionInfo()
> R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
> Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
> 
> locale:
> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
> 
> attached base packages:
>  [1] datasets  splines   grid      tcltk     stats     graphics  grDevices
>  [8] utils     methods   base
> 
> other attached packages:
> [1] TinnR_1.0.3     R2HTML_2.2      Hmisc_3.8-3     survival_2.35-8
> [5] svSocket_0.9-48 lattice_0.19-13 MASS_7.3-8
> 
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] cluster_1.13.1 svMisc_0.9-60  tools_2.12.0



It works if you run it line by line. However, if you copy and paste all 
following six lines into R:
 
windows()          
bringToTop(-1)
interactive()
run <- readline(prompt = "Continue (Yes = 1, No = 2):")      
dummy <- 1
run
 
 
it does not allow user input (e.g. it does not prompt you "Continue (Yes =
1,
No = 2):").
 
Session Info:
 
R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
Platform: x86_64-pc-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
locale:
[1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 
[2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252   
[3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
[4] LC_NUMERIC=C                          
[5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252    
attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

On 12/11/2010 8:58 AM, Jan Eitel wrote:
> Bert Gunter<gunter.berton<at>  gene.com>  writes:
>
> >
> >  PLEASE follow the posting guide and give us the output of
sessionInfo().
> >
> >  I was unable to duplicate your problem -- it worked fine for me.
> >
> >  >  sessionInfo()
> >  R version 2.12.0 (2010-10-15)
> >  Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
> >
> >  locale:
> >  [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252
> >  [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252
> >  [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
> >  [4] LC_NUMERIC=C
> >  [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252
> >
> >  attached base packages:
> >   [1] datasets  splines   grid      tcltk     stats     graphics 
grDevices
> >   [8] utils     methods   base
> >
> >  other attached packages:
> >  [1] TinnR_1.0.3     R2HTML_2.2      Hmisc_3.8-3     survival_2.35-8
> >  [5] svSocket_0.9-48 lattice_0.19-13 MASS_7.3-8
> >
> >  loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> >  [1] cluster_1.13.1 svMisc_0.9-60  tools_2.12.0
>
>
>
>
> It works if you run it line by line. However, if you copy and paste all
> following six lines into R:
>
> windows()
> bringToTop(-1)
> interactive()
> run<- readline(prompt = "Continue (Yes = 1, No = 2):")
> dummy<- 1
> run
>
>
> it does not allow user input (e.g. it does not prompt you "Continue
(Yes = 1,
> No = 2):").

Sure it does, and then you type "dummy <- 1", and that satisfies
it.
Cutting and pasting is all interpreted as typing.  (How else could it 
work???)

If you want the interactivity, you can use source("clipboard").

Duncan Murdoch