Editing R Source Files
Use notepad to edit external files. One can invoke the notepad editor using the command
system("notepad file.R",wait=FALSE);
to invoke notepad and edit a file file.R
. or
system("notepad",wait=FALSE);
to just invoke the notepad editor.
Don't use the edit(...) command from the command line -- it doesn't work properly.
R source files are typically stored with a .R extension.
Multiple files can be edited by invoking multiple instances of notepad using the command above.
One can view external files using the command file.show('filename'
), or within the windows
GUI one can view files by selecting the File/Display file item from the menu bar.
If notepad saves files with an extension .R.txt :
You can pass the name of the file to edit in the system command, or, associate .R files with the notepad program.
To create an association, bring up a DOS command window and execute the command
C>assoc .R=notepad
Original Documentation : system, file.show
Samples
system("notepad myfile.R",wait=FALSE); # invoke notepad as the editor for the file myFile.R system("notepad",wait=FALSE); # invoke notepad as the editor file.show('myfile.R') # displays the file myfile.R in a separate window
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