RGtk: The RGtk2 package
In RGtk2: R Bindings for Gtk 2.8.0 and Above
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Description
RGtk2 provides a set of bindings between R and the GTK+ library and
several of its dependent libraries. It allows the user to construct full-featured
GUI's completely from within R.
Details
RGtk2 binds to the following libraries:
- ATK
ATK is the Accessibility Toolkit. It provides a set of generic interfaces
allowing accessibility technologies to interact with a graphical user interface.
For example, a screen reader uses ATK to discover the text in an interface and
read it to blind users. GTK+ widgets have built-in support for accessibility
using the ATK framework.
- Pango
Pango is a library for internationalized text handling.
It centers around the PangoLayout object, representing a
paragraph of text. Pango provides the engine for GtkTextView,
GtkLabel, GtkEntry, and other widgets that display text.
- GDK
GDK is the abstraction layer that allows GTK+ to support multiple
windowing systems. GDK provides drawing and window system facilities on X11,
Windows, and the Linux framebuffer device.
- GTK
The GTK+ library itself contains widgets, that is, GUI components
such as GtkButton or GtkTextView.
- GDK-Pixbuf
This is a small library which allows you to create GdkPixbuf
('pixel buffer') objects from image data or image files. Use a
GdkPixbuf in combination with GtkImage to display images.
- Cairo
Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output
devices. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System, win32,
and image buffers.
RGtk2 also partially binds some lower-level libraries in order to support the bindings
to the others. These include GObject and GMainLoop.
R objects passed between the user and RGtk2 are either primitive types
(character, logical, etc) or external objects (externalptr). All
R objects wrapping external objects extend the RGtkObject class.
Note
As described above, RGtk2 binds many libraries beyond GTK+ itself. Thus, it can
serve many purposes besides GUI construction. For example, GDKPixbuf
and Cairo allow the R user to produce arbitary high-quality graphics.
Author(s)
Michael Lawrence, with excerpts from library documentation
References
Michael Lawrence, Duncan Temple Lang (2010). RGtk2: A Graphical User
Interface Toolkit for R. Journal of Statistical Software, 37(8),
1-52. http://www.jstatsoft.org/v37/i08/.
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Description Details Note Author(s) References
Description
RGtk2 provides a set of bindings between R and the GTK+ library and several of its dependent libraries. It allows the user to construct full-featured GUI's completely from within R.
Details
RGtk2 binds to the following libraries:
- ATK
ATK is the Accessibility Toolkit. It provides a set of generic interfaces allowing accessibility technologies to interact with a graphical user interface. For example, a screen reader uses ATK to discover the text in an interface and read it to blind users. GTK+ widgets have built-in support for accessibility using the ATK framework.
- Pango
Pango is a library for internationalized text handling. It centers around the
PangoLayoutobject, representing a paragraph of text. Pango provides the engine forGtkTextView,GtkLabel,GtkEntry, and other widgets that display text.- GDK
GDK is the abstraction layer that allows GTK+ to support multiple windowing systems. GDK provides drawing and window system facilities on X11, Windows, and the Linux framebuffer device.
- GTK
The GTK+ library itself contains widgets, that is, GUI components such as
GtkButtonorGtkTextView.- GDK-Pixbuf
This is a small library which allows you to create GdkPixbuf ('pixel buffer') objects from image data or image files. Use a
GdkPixbufin combination withGtkImageto display images.- Cairo
Cairo is a 2D graphics library with support for multiple output devices. Currently supported output targets include the X Window System, win32, and image buffers.
RGtk2 also partially binds some lower-level libraries in order to support the bindings to the others. These include GObject and GMainLoop.
R objects passed between the user and RGtk2 are either primitive types
(character, logical, etc) or external objects (externalptr). All
R objects wrapping external objects extend the RGtkObject class.
Note
As described above, RGtk2 binds many libraries beyond GTK+ itself. Thus, it can serve many purposes besides GUI construction. For example, GDKPixbuf and Cairo allow the R user to produce arbitary high-quality graphics.
Author(s)
Michael Lawrence, with excerpts from library documentation
References
Michael Lawrence, Duncan Temple Lang (2010). RGtk2: A Graphical User Interface Toolkit for R. Journal of Statistical Software, 37(8), 1-52. http://www.jstatsoft.org/v37/i08/.
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