[RkWard-devel] RKWard 0.4.2pre1: Call for testing, question

[Thomas Friedrichsmeier]

Hi!

I've just prepared another preview release, and would like to ask you to do 
some testing: http://rkward.sourceforge.net/temp/rkward-0.4.2pre1.tar.gz . 
Originally, I planned to attack the "script editor commands should go to the 
console" issue for this release, but then I was not sure, how to do it (see 
the question below), and got distracted by other interesting (and I think 
pretty important) things.

Most importantly, R's X11 device windows are now managed by rkward. They can 
be attached / detached, and they gain a menu with some basic functions. If 
you can find the time to do any testing at all, please have a look at this. 
Esp., if you're running unusual window managers, I'd like to know, whether 
the heuristics to detect, and methods to capture the device windows work for 
you.

A complete list of changes is attached at the bottom of this mail, so you'll 
know what else to look out for.

Now the question about script editor commands in the console: I was unsure how 
to deal with this in the two cases:
1) A command is already running in the console
2) The user has begun to enter a command in the console, but it is not yet 
complete / submitted
What should happen in these cases, when the user runs something from a script 
editor? Some ideas, I had so far:
a) The command is not yet added to the console, but only when the previous 
command is finished. In case 2, maybe it should replace the incomplete 
command already in the console, and that incomplete command should be 
re-added, when the command from the script editor has finished
b) Same with a message telling what's going on (and a "Don't show again 
option")
c) Only a message saying this is not currently possible, as the console 
is "blocked"
d) Add the command to the console right away, but try to make the output that 
is to come in from the previous command in the right position
What would you opt for? Any better ideas?

Regards
Thomas

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Changes in 0.4.2pre1:
- add RMB menu to script editor windows
- add options "clear" and "configure" in the console RMB menu, and the command 
log RMB menu
- add option to save workplace layout not per workspace, but at the end of the 
session
- add options ("printcmd") to settings
- fix help menu for detached windows
- R X11 device windows are now managed by rkward, with the following initial 
features:
- R X11 device windows: attach to / detach from workplace (they start 
detached)
- R X11 device windows: toggle between normal resize mode and (settable) fixed 
size with scrollbars
- R X11 device windows: menu options to copy / print / duplicate / save / 
activate devices
- fixed: selecting Window->Close in a detached window would only close the 
internal view, not the window
- when detaching a window, give it a more reasonable size
- do not open the same script url twice (instead the corresponding window is 
raised on the second attempt)
- fixed: when closing a detached script editor window, you would not be asked 
to save changes (if any)
- fixed: occasional crash when re-attaching a script editor window
- new translation: Greek, Catalan
- updated translations: German, French
- added basic plot facility for ECDF (Empirical Cumulative Distribution 
Function) (menu plots)
- added ptukey and qtukey (Studentized Range Distribution (Tukey)) (menu 
distributions)
- spelling corrections in distributions menu
- reorganized "Descriptive Statistics" plugin to use tabs for better usability
- added constant for mad in descriptive statistics plugin
- fix bug in rk.get.label ()
- in script editor, do not provide symbol name completion while in comments
- properly support active bindings in globalenv ()
- if not started in a tty, spawn a konsole. R will go into non-interactive 
mode otherwise
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