terminalActivate: Activate Terminal
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terminalActivate

R Documentation

Activate Terminal

Description

Ensure terminal is running and optionally bring to front in RStudio.

Usage

terminalActivate(id = NULL, show = TRUE)

Arguments

`id`	The terminal id. The `id` is obtained from `terminalList()`, `terminalVisible()`, `terminalCreate()`, or `terminalExecute()`. If NULL, the terminal tab will be selected but no specific terminal will be chosen.
`show`	If TRUE, bring the terminal to front in RStudio.

Note

The terminalActivate function was added in version 1.1.350 of RStudio.

Examples


## Not run: 
# create a hidden terminal and run a lengthy command
termId = rstudioapi::terminalCreate(show = FALSE)
rstudioapi::terminalSend(termId, "sleep 5\n")

# wait until a busy terminal is finished
while (rstudioapi::terminalBusy(termId)) {
  Sys.sleep(0.1)
}
print("Terminal available")#'

rstudioapi::terminalActivate(termId)

## End(Not run)

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