From 8b1877ff07d3ab11472bcdba0f273abb2432c0b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Ranke Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:01:37 +0100 Subject: More updates to the README --- README.html | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.html') diff --git a/README.html b/README.html index 62d2245..c6e5e9d 100644 --- a/README.html +++ b/README.html @@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ summary {

The R package gmkin provides a browser based graphical user interface (GUI) for fitting kinetic models to chemical degradation data based on R package mkin. The GUI is based on the gWidgetsWWW2 package developed by John Verzani. The GUI elements are created by the JavaScript library ExtJS which is bundled with gWidgetsWWW2.

System requirements

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For running gmkin you need a system running a recent version of R (version 3.1.0 or later), the gWidgesWWW2 package, the gmkin package and a web browser (Firefox/Iceweasel and Chrome work for me) with JavaScript enabled.

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For running current gmkin you need a system running a recent version of R (4.0.x, on Linux older versions may work as well), the gWidgesWWW2 package, the gmkin package and a web browser (Firefox and Chrome work for me) with JavaScript enabled.

It should be possible to run gmkin on most laptop or desktop computers running Linux, Mac OS X, Windows 7 or Windows 10.

To view the complete set of widgets in the browser window without resizing anything, it needs a screen space of 1366x740 pixels.

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Installing gmkin and gWidgetsWWW2

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Windows and Linux users running R 3.1.0 or later can make use of my drat package repository on github. Before installing gmkin, you should update your R packages already installed, e.g. by starting R, and pasting the command

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Windows and Linux users can make use of my drat package repository on github. Before installing gmkin, you should update your R packages already installed, e.g. by starting R, and pasting the command

update.packages()

or similar, depending on your R installation.

For installing gmkin or upgrading to the latest released version, please install the drat package

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into an R script (e.g. under C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\gmkin_start.R), and create a Windows shortcut, e.g. on the Desktop, with the target "C:\Program Files\R\R-4.x.y\bin\R.exe" --slave -f c:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\gmkin_start.R, where R-4.x.y is the version of R that you would like to use with gmkin. This will start a non-interactive R console that runs the gmkin GUI. In the properties dialogue of the shortcut, you can also set the working directory in which it starts gmkin. Thanks to Jonas Klein of the Umweltbundesamt for the trick with using Sys.sleep in a while loop and for suggesting the AppData directory for the start script.

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Caveat: The last time I tested this (13 February 2021), starting gmkin with such a shortcut slowed down loading the GUI elements significantly. This was under Windows 10 64 bit. Therefore, for Windows I would currently recommend to start the R GUI application and start gmkin from there as described under ‘Usage’.

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in an R script (e.g. under C:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\gmkin_start.R), and create a Windows shortcut, e.g. on the Desktop, with the target "C:\Program Files\R\R-4.x.y\bin\R.exe" --slave -f c:\Users\<your username>\AppData\Roaming\gmkin_start.R, where R-4.x.y is the version of R that you would like to use with gmkin. This will start a non-interactive R console that runs the gmkin GUI. In the properties dialogue of the shortcut, you can also set the working directory in which it starts gmkin. Thanks to Jonas Klein of the Umweltbundesamt for the trick with using ‘Sys.sleep’ in a while loop and for suggesting the AppData directory for the start script.

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Caveat: The last time I tested this (13 February 2021), starting gmkin with such a shortcut slowed down the loading of the GUI elements significantly. This was under Windows 10 64 bit. Therefore, for Windows I would currently recommend to start the R GUI application and start gmkin from there as described above under ‘Usage’.

Acknowledgements

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