[rkward-tracker] [ rkward-Feature Requests-1672562 ] Send pre-defined block to R console

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Feature Requests item #1672562, was opened at 2007-03-02 16:55
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Category: RKWard user interface
Group: None
Status: Open
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: ddediu (ddediu)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Send pre-defined block to R console

Initial Comment:
Hi,

I don't know if this suggestion makes any sense, but, as mostly a C/C++ developer used to this type of IDEs, I would prefer to have the possibility to send to the R console a predefined block (not necessarily contiguous) from a larger script file. 
Let me be more specific: I usually prefer to have large script files, split in functions and I mostly work by creating/debuging/modifying one or a couple of functions at a time, which I test by calling them with some params. Now, every time I modify such a function, I have to send its body to the R console and then its call, so that I test it. However, this involves selecting stuff from the script file every time, which gets rather tedious, especially when the function body grows across more than one screen.
Therefore, I think would be useful to have a way of defining in the editor window a sort of markers attached to specific lines (so that they move meaningfully when editing text) and a special "Send block to the R console" button which automatically sends to R only the defined block. Of course, this block does not have to be continuous...
I hope this is a good suggestion and, again, thanks for this amazing work,

Dan

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