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cli_alert_info() not showing in console before file.choose() #151
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It seems like a buffering issue. Try adding
flush(stdout())after the message.That didn't do it. I have resorted to using:
cli_alert_info("Select location of your client ID file:") do_it <- menu(title = "Ready to download?", choices = c("Yes", "No")) json <- file.choose()
I experimented a bit, it seems that this is the buffering of the GUIs. In Windows RGui you can turn it off in the menu or the config, and then it is good.
I don't know if there is a way to force the printing. I also don't know if there is a way to turn off the buffering in RStudio.
For now I am closing this, will fix if we come across a way to force the output.
Ah,
flush.console()seems to do it in Rgui, and also in R.app, regardless of the buffering setting.It doesn't seem to work in RStudio, bug reported: rstudio/rstudio#8040
I am reopening this, because we should document it, especially if they fix it in RStudio...
I have this code:
The problem is the
file.choose()launches before the message of the line above it (??) so people don't know why the window is opening :)When the file is chosen, the message does display.
Are there any workarounds?
p.s. this happens for cat() too so is an R thing, not cli.