[R] R debugging options

[Larry Howe]

On Monday April 17 2006 19:45, Larry Howe wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What options are available for me to debug my R scripts? For example I
> normally do something like
>
> >source("myfunctions.R")
> >function1("height", "weight")
>
> myfunctions.R is a large R source file that contains many functions.
> function1 is the "main" function in myfunctions.R. It calls many other
> user-written functions that are also in myfunctions.R.
>
> I only want to debug the R scripts. I do not need to get into the code of R
> itself. I would like to be able to:
>
> - see the source as I am debugging
> - execute line-by-line
> - see and modify variables
> - have the option to either descend into function calls, or not
> - have the option to either descend into loops, or not
>
> Maybe this is asking too much but I thought I would lay out my dreams and
> then you can tell me what is really possible.

Forgot to mention: I am working in linux and solaris. Other people here are 
working in windows. So I am interested in options for either platform.