[RkWard-devel] RKWard development docs online

[David Sibai]

Hi!
>
> > I have already written a plugin-oriented statistical application (quite
> > close to yours actually, but more Splus-like) in python, and in my
> > experience, it's very usable.
note: I meant python was usable not my program!
>
> Interesting. What is it based on (if anything), what does it look like? Can
> I find it on the web somewhere?
no, it was a school project, and it is nowhere near finished... basically, it 
is an splus-like (shell) interface, which can load plugins in a way rather 
similar to yours. A plugin exports various symbols to the shell, as well as a 
GUI which can itself call the shell. The various plugins have access to each 
other. The trick here is that each plugin is actually  a full 
mini-application which just takes advantage of the micro-framework of the app 
to integrate nicely. This makes creating "dynamic" plugins easy, and 
eliminates the need to rewrap the whole toolkit  The whole thing is written 
in python/wxPython  (no C/C++) and so far does not call R, but can. The 
source is rather messy (deadlines...), but there is a report going with it, 
unfortunately in French. If you're interested, tell me (maybe off-list, since 
this may not be the place to discuss this!)

> Ok, you're right. Personally, when using RKWard, I'll probably switch it
> back to dialog, but as a default, wizard is probably reasonable.
What about a global setting?

David