[TxMt] Re: R bundle sets working directory (and I wish it did not)

[Denis Chabot]

Thanks a lot for this useful answer, Peter.

But before changing this behavior in the R Bundle, I'll try  changing  
my working habits a bit (where I store my scripts vs my data) to see  
if I'll find this an improvement or not.

Denis
Le 09-03-29 à 13:54, Peter Cowan a écrit :

> On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Denis Chabot <chabotd at globetrotter.net 
> > wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just switched to Textmate to write my R scripts and I admit  
>> outright
>> there are many features of Textmate that I do not master yet. I am
>> confident I'll enjoy this new environment to write my R scripts.
>>
>> I have a small problem though. I was looking forward to the ability  
>> to
>> send lines or the selection to R.app without doing cut and paste,  
>> as I
>> used to do with my other text editor.
>>
>> But when I do this using the R bundle's "shift-option-command-R"
>> keyboard shortcut (or using the command from the Bundle's menu), my
>> selection is preceded by a setwd() to the folder where my script
>> resides. Except that often my working directory was set at the
>> beginning of my script to be elsewhere than where the script resides.
>>
>> I am curious: why was this considered advantageous in the first  
>> place?
>
> I personally prefer this behavior as the scripts I write usually
> reside in the same directory (or in a consistent relative path) to
> where the relevant data files are.  That way I don't have to put any
> full paths in my scripts and they are easier to send to others.
>
>> And second, can it be disabled (and how)? Also, can one change the
>> keyboard shortcuts? I do not use R from Terminal, so I'd like to
>> switch the keyboard equivalent to something that is less demanding on
>> my fingers, say control-R or command-R.
>
> You can easily change both of these things.  The manual covers how to
> change Key Equivalents (shortcuts) here
> <http://manual.macromates.com/en/bundles>
>
> To change the working directory behavior, open up the R bundle in the
> bundle editor and select the command (little green circle) named
> "R.app".  Change the following line from:
>
> 		  -e 'end run' -- "$rawText" "$curDir"
>
> to:
>
> 		  -e 'end run' -- "$rawText" ""
>
> In two seconds of testing, that did the trick on my system.
>
> HTH
>
> Peter
>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>> Denis Chabot
>>
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