setLanguage {tcltk2} | R Documentation |
Change or get the language used in R and Tcl/Tk
Description
The function changes dynamically the language used by both R (messages only) and Tcl/Tk, or it retrieves its current value.
Usage
setLanguage(lang)
getLanguage()
Arguments
lang |
an identification for the targeted language, for instance, \"en\" for English, \"fr\" for French, \"de\" for German, \"it\" for Italian, etc. |
Value
setLanguage()
returns TRUE
if language was successfully changed
in Tcl/Tk, FALSE
otherwise. getLanguage()
returns a string with
current language in use for R, or an empty string if it cannot determinate
which is the language currently used.
Note
You need the msgcat Tcl package to use this (but it is provided with all recent distributions of Tcl/Tk by default)
Author(s)
Philippe Grosjean
Examples
## Determine which language is currently in use in R
oldlang <- getLanguage()
if (oldlang != "") {
## Switch to English and test a command that issues a warning
if (setLanguage("en_US")) 1:3 + 1:2
## Switch to French and test a command that issues a warning
if (setLanguage("fr_FR")) 1:3 + 1:2
## Switch to German and test a command that issues a warning
if (setLanguage("de_DE")) 1:3 + 1:2
## Switch to Italian and test a command that issues a warning
if (setLanguage("it_IT")) 1:3 + 1:2
## Etc..
## Restore previous language
setLanguage(oldlang)
}
[Package tcltk2 version 1.2-11 Index]