page <- function(x, method = c("dput", "print"), ...) { ## local functions to parcel out '...' local.file.show <- function(file, title = subx, delete.file = TRUE, pager = getOption("pager"), ...) file.show(file, title = title, delete.file = delete.file, pager = pager) local.dput <- function(x, file, title, delete.file, pager, ...) dput(x, file, ...) local.print <- function(x, title, delete.file, pager, ...) print(x, ...) if(is.character(x) && length(x) == 1) { subx <- x parent <- parent.frame() if(exists(subx, envir = parent)) # inherits=TRUE is default x <- get(subx, envir = parent) else stop(gettextf("no object named '%s' to show", x), domain = NA) } else { subx <- deparse(substitute(x)) } file <- tempfile("Rpage.") if(match.arg(method) == "dput") local.dput(x, file, ...) else { sink(file) local.print(x, ...) sink() } local.file.show(file, ...) }