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Re: [O] [babel] Passing of variables to R - usage of temporary file not
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Andreas Leha |
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Re: [O] [babel] Passing of variables to R - usage of temporary file not ideal for tangling |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 20:49:07 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
Rainer M Krug <address@hidden> writes:
> On 01/21/14, 20:37 , Andreas Leha wrote:
>> Hi Rainer,
>>
>> Rainer M Krug <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> I just realized that babel is using temporary files when passing
>>> tables to R (no idea about other languages). This is OK when
>>> evaluating code blocks or exporting, but causes problems when
>>> tangling, as the temporary files are not available in a new
>>> session and handing on the tangled code or sourcing it from R
>>> becomes impossible.
>>>
>>> I would therefore suggest to change the mechanism of passing
>>> tables to R so that the tables are included in the tangled
>>> files.
>>>
>>> One option would be to use a direct 'text-connection' as
>>> describer in the R help of read.table(), last example.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Rainer
>>
>>
>> there has been a thread about this about two years ago:
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/51153
>
> Must have missed that one - I might take a look at this issue, but it
> s not a major issue for me at the moment.
>
As it was for me during the last two years ;-)
Cheers,
Andreas