[R] opinions please: text editors and reporting/Sweave?

[Henric Nilsson]

Den To, 2007-05-31, 09:01 skrev Martin Maechler:

>>>>>> "Jared" == Jared O'Connell <jared.oconnell at csiro.au>
>>>>>>     on Thu, 31 May 2007 11:28:11 +0800 writes:
>
>     Jared> Winshell (http://www.winshell.de/) is another (free) option if
> you want a
>     Jared> Windows editor with good MikTEX integration.
>
> Looks like it.
> Note however that the above "free" is only as in "free beer" not
> as in "free speech".
> In other words, Winshell is *not* 'Free Software' / 'Software
> Libre' nor is it Open Source Software.

Not that I use it myself (since I'm convinced that Emacs is the way to
go), but TeXnicCenter (http://www.texniccenter.org/) is probably a good
GPL'd alternative to WinShell.


HTH,
Henric



>
> Tinn-R, as R itself, *is* "Free Software"
> (and Emacs and ESS and (La)TeX are too).
>
> Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
>
>     Jared> On 5/31/07, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch at stats.uwo.ca> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Tim Howard wrote:
>     >> > dear all -
>     >> >
>     >> > I currently use Tinn-R as my text editor to work with code that I
> submit
>     >> to R, with some output dumped to text files, some images dumped to
> pdf.
>     >> (system: Windows 2K and XP, R 2.4.1 and R 2.5). We are using R for
>     >> overnight runs to create large output data files for GIS, but then
> I need
>     >> simple output reports for analysis results for each separate data
> set. Thus,
>     >> I create many reports of the same style, but just based on
> different input
>     >> data.
>     >> >
>     >> > I am recognizing that I need a better reporting system, so that I
> can
>     >> create clean reports for each separate R run. This obviously means
> using
>     >> Sweave and some implementation of LaTex, both of which are new to
> me. I've
>     >> installed MikTex and successfully completed a demo or two for
> creating pdfs
>     >> from raw LaTeX.
>     >> >
>     >> > It appears that if I want to ease my entry into the world of
> LaTeX, I
>     >> might need to switch editors to something like Emacs (I read
> somewhere that
>     >> Emacs helps with the TeX markup?). After quite a while wallowing at
> the
>     >> Emacs site, I am finding that ESS is well integrated with R and
> might be the
>     >> way to go. Aaaagh... I'm in way over my head!
>     >> >
>     >>
>     >> If you are used to Windows, you might find the shareware editors
> WinEdt
>     >> or Textpad more familiar.  WinEdt has advantages of lots of LaTeX
>     >> integration.
>     >>
>     >> Duncan Murdoch
>     >> > My questions:
>     >> >
>     >> > What, in your opinion, is the simplest way to integrate text and
>     >> graphics reports into a single report such as a pdf file.
>     >> >
>     >> > If the answer to this is LaTeX and Sweave, is it difficult to use
> a text
>     >> editor such as Tinn-R or would you strongly recommend I leave
> behind Tinn
>     >> and move over to an editor that has more LaTeX help?
>     >> >
>     >> > In reading over Friedrich Leisch's "Sweave User Manual" (v 1.6.0)
> I am
>     >> beginning to think I can do everything I need with my simple
> editor. Before
>     >> spending many hours going down that path, I thought it prudent to
> ask the R
>     >> community.
>     >> >
>     >> > It is likely I am misunderstanding some of the process here and
> any
>     >> clarifications are welcome.
>     >> >
>     >> > Thank you in advance for any thoughts.
>     >> > Tim Howard
>     >> >
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>     Jared> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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