SciLab -> problem with graphics -> black window - scilab

I tried to use Xcos for any basic simulation, but I obtained a blank/black window, instead the graph.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AN78dFcH6eYs5ajpmGj4qtqH40smoghc
I was thinking that maybe I use wrong elements, but after running example from help I saw the same - black window.
At the end I tried to use simple "plot([1,2],[1,2]);" - the same.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sKexRkM8ZFB2DsqWEpShiFGgKhViXxCk
I tried to restart computer and to install older version (5.5.2 instead of 6.1.0) -> without changes.
System: Windows (I'm sorry) 7, 32 bit (yes, I used 32-bit instalation).

I have so far no idea of what can procude such a behaviour;
Can you try the following sequence of instructions:
f=gcf(); //what is the color of the xindow?
f.background=5;// does the window background changes (red)?
gca().background=5;// does the drawing area background changes(red)?

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How can I run multiple lines of code in R

I have just switched from windows 7 to windows 10 on my pc.
When I was still using windows 7, using the combination CTRL+R or CTRL+ENTER would run the line of code that I was in. Moreover, if the code continued on one or more lines below or started above my current line, it would run the entire section without me having to select it.
After switching to windows 10, the same combinations will only run the line of code that I am currently in, or the piece of code that is selected by me. To give an example:
#Tryout
for(i in 1:3){
print(i)
}
This code would normally run at once without having to select it, even when I would start in the first line (#Tryout). Now, if I don't select, I will need to use CTRL+R or CTRL+ENTER three times to go through this code and I have to start in the correct line. Starting in the line #Tryout will not run any part of the code but will only result in the line #Tryout being shown in the console.
I'm not good with computers (in your answers please pretend to be adressing a five-year-old) so I had one of my colleagues look at it who's our expert on R. Here are the findings:
The problem occurs in both RStudio as the standalone version of R.
I'm using R version 3.3.2, the same as before the windows update. Switching to version 3.5 didn't solve the problem.
I have other colleagues also using R 3.3 in combination with windows 10 for whom this problem does not occur.
Going to Tools-Global Options-Code and checking the box of 'Focus console after executing from source' doesn't help
When we went to 'Modify Keyboard Shortcuts', the name attached to the shortcut (CTRL+R or CTRL+ENTER) was the same as it was for other colleagues for which the function does run all lines in a command: 'Run Current Line or Selection'
The problem is not preventing me from using R, but it is tedious and I hope someone can help me to solve it.
Thanks so much for reading!
Click on header Tools, then Global Options..., then Code, then Ctrl + Enter Executes and choose Multi-line R statement
#M Waz & #Just Burfi: I know I can select the code and then run it, that works fine. But I don't want to have to manually select the code all the time.
#Clemsang: your answer puzzled me for a moment because I didn't have the CTRL + Enter Executes that you were referring to. I went back to my colleague who had the bright idea to check the version of RStudio that I was using.
As it turns out, I was using an old version (0.99.903). Now that I've installed a newer version (1.1.463), running the code works as before! I also have the CTRL + Enter Executes now.

wkhtmltopdf option 'disable-smart-shrinking' doesn't work

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. wkhtmltopdf.exe --disable-smart-shrinking --print-media-type --page-size A4 --dpi 96 --margin-top 25 --margin-bottom 25 file:///.../debug.html mytest.pdf
What is the expected output?
I expect to see the non-shrinked content in result pdf-file
What do you see instead?
Shrinked content in the result pdf-file
What version of wkhtmltopdf are you using?
0.11.0 rc2
On what operating system?
Windows 7 64-bit
The problem is a little bit wider. I need to insert page breaks before some divs depending on their height. I wrote the appropriate script. But the thing is in "shrinked world" the coordinates analyzed by the script change and it the result is ugly. So I need to disable shrinking to make it work correctly.
On the other hand the documentation says '--disable-smart-shrinking' is "only available using patched QT". Does my version of 'wkhtmltopdf' implement this stuff? How can I find it out? Should I install QT or even rebuild the wkhtmltopdf?

how to change line length on Rterm.exe

I am using R 2.15.2 on windows XP.
I was used to use Rgui.exe but it was lacking the UNIX standards I like to use like CTRL+R <=>backward research and CTRL+U <=>erase line ...
If I missed something please tell me !
Then I tried Rterm.exe (which looks identical to R.exe to me) which has all those nice features. I found how to tune it right clicking on the top of the window to set height-width (it is like tuning the window you get from cmd.exe).
The problem is that now I cannot see on the window more than 75 characters, with a $ at the end: like this:
R) ppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp$
Not sure if it is a R option of a windows one, but if I set options("width"=180) I can see data.frame on the full width of the window...
Not sure what is happening, can I modify this?
We still do not know the answer to that one, so I guess 50 pts goes to Oscar de León... good for him to bad for me...
Sadly, it appears to be built in.
There used to be a problem with R when trying to print long strings. Apparently it was fixed first in Rterm and other versions of R before being fixed in Rgui.
When Rgui was fixed, possibly it was by a different means, since this issue can be fixed in Rgui but not other windows versions of R. You can change the width of the console for output both in Rgui and (later) Rterm.
The prompt is another story. It is actually not the same as the output space, and thus is controlled with a different option; but, this only works for Rgui. To do it, set pgcolumns=180 in the Rconsole file under [R HOME]\etc\. This modifies the width of the internal pager of the Rgui console, and effectively enables you to type up to 180 characters per input prompt.
Possibly there is a way to integrate that behavior into Rterm, and maybe Duncan Murdoch can point you in the correct direction (or prove me completely wrong).
I'm not really sure what is being requested. If what is needed in RTerm.exe is to display the end of a long line (and position the cursor there), then use CTRL-E. You can go back to the beginning of a line with CTRL-A. One can go back and forth repeatedly as needed until the line is use ENTER.
The control character of readline seem to be active, for instance CTRL-P scrolls back one command and CTRL-N brings up the "next" command from history if you hit CTRL-P too many times. (These are the same behavior as the up/down arrow keys.) See link for other expected readline behaviors.
On my machine alt-f and alt-b (which should have been meta-f and meta-b) did not natively move forward or backward by words, but ESC-b and ESC-f did so on a line that exceeded the console width and had the $'s marking either the right or left extents as having further material to look consider.
If you want to wrap display lines, then you need to consider alternatives or additions to readline: link, but that is an untested suggestion and merely the results of a search for: "readline wrap display".
The command should be options(width = 180) (without the quotes around width), but when you run Rterm in the Windows shell, it doesn't respect changes to this value; it just prints output as wide as the console.
The best way of working with R is (almost always) to use an IDE. Try emacs + ESS or one of the many vim plugins (R.vim, vim-R, VIM:r-plugin) if you want something UNIXy.

Always not responding/freeze when use plot with QtOctave

I'm new here.
I've the same matter as this one but only using QtOctave; beside oct2mat pkg hasn't never been loaded on my pc.
Typing:
pkg unload oct2mat
octave returns:
error: package oct2mat is not installed
error: \share\octave\3.6.2\m\pkg\pkg.m at line 2170, column 9
Using plot function directly in Octave it works properly, very stange!
Can enybody help me?
Thanks in advance.
Addendum to #vinukn's answer, as it might be too cryptic.
Try this:
>>> graphics_toolkit
ans = fltk
>>> agts = available_graphics_toolkits
agts =
{
[1,1] = fltk
[1,2] = gnuplot
}
>>> graphics_toolkit(agts{2}) % This sets the graphics toolkit.
>>> plot([1 2 3 4])
That is, the default was FLTK, and I've set Gnuplot. Try each, they look slightly different to each other.
This is on my default installation of Octave 3.6.2 on Windows Vista, with QtOctave. (I've tried the most recent build of Octave, with built-in GUI, but after starting it never drew in its windows, so it was unusable at this stage, which is a shame as there are probably a handful of lines of code that need to be changed to make it work... Will wait until that is fixed. In the meantime, Gnuplot doesn't freeze.)
Also, here is a list of keys to use in the Gnuplot window. Especially note:
Right-click to draw a zoom box.
a to autoscale (back to default zoom).
p to go back to the most recent previous zoom.
Don't use QtOctave. It has been deprecated for a reason. See the GUI section in Octave FAQ to understand why the GUI doesn't work. It is specially true for things such as plots and dialog windows.
Take special note on the fact that QtOctave and others are specially sensitive to new versions of Octave. You are using Octave 3.6.2 while QtOctave was abandoned back in 3.2.X. Your options are (by order of what I recommend):
use Octave on its own, no QtOctave;
build from development sources to use the experimental GUI;
fix QtOctave (I actually don't recommend this one at all. Its website has been closed, and it would be too much work which would be better spent helping the Octave developers with the native GUI);
Actually,the reason behind this problem is default graphics toolkit fltk or qt. Qtoctave works with pipe, fltk does nt support pipe, ie fltk works inside octave. Pipe does nt support both text and image(gui) same time. The solution is change default toolkit to gnuplot.

Is there a hack to be able to run the current line or selection in RStudio without moving the cursor?

UPDATE (April 2013): As per answer below, RStudio no longer jumps cursor on selection.
I'm running RStudio 0.97.168.
I like to use the script editor in RStudio like a console. Thus, I run a line of code and then edit it a little bit and re-run it. I often also explore objects by selecting some of the code and running the selection and then progressively altering the selection. At present RStudio always moves the cursor after running a line of code. The cursor can move to a variety of places. Typically the cursor moves to the next line of R code, but depending on the context, it could move to the end of the code block or the next line. It's really frustrating having to constantly move the cursor back to where I want it.
While I often appreciate the default cursor movement behaviour, I'd like to have the option to run the selection or the current line without the cursor moving.
I've raised this as a suggestion on RStudio support.
I'd like to be able to have a shortcut key like "Cmd+Alt+Enter" that runs the current line or selection and does not move the cursor in the script editor.
I realise that this is not currently supported, but I was wondering whether there might be some creative hack that could enable the cursor not to move after running a command or even a patch or perhaps some sort of external macro.
For anyone who ends up here in 2020:
Ctrl(or Cmd) + Enter: Will run current line and jump to the next one. If a code portion is selected, run the selected code without jumping further.
Alt + Enter: – Will run the current line of code without moving the cursor to the next line, useful if you want to run it multiple times.
(Source)
For this kind of flexibility, I suggest you use the editor Sublime Text 2, add in the package installer by Will Bond and then install the SublimeREPL package which will allow you to use an R interpreter within ST2 (or BASH prompt, Python / Ruby / whatever interpeter, concurrently if you wish).
You can then alternate between your code and the interpreter without lifting your fingers from the keyboard and your cursor will be at the same point every time when you want to switch back.
Sublime Text will also allow you to write a custom keybinding to automate this task.
I cannot recommend using Sublime Text 2 highly enough when coding for R. You can even pass files directly from ST2 into RStudio very easily if you like using the plot panes (very easy to do with the SidebarEnhancements package in ST2).
RStudio is awesome for many things -- especially now with Knitr, builds etc etc. But ST2 with an R REPL is many orders of magnitude more powerful for general code writing / editing than RStudio.
Sorry it's not RStudio specific, but it is a nice workaround!
I updated to version 0.98.83 of RStudio using the daily build section.
It appears that at some point in recent versions of RStudio, the cursor no longer jumps when code is run from a selection in the script window.
That's great news.

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