[R] R as server application

[David Katz]

This sounds useful, but can you give more info on "forward X...". Thanks.


Scionforbai wrote:
> 
> Do you need something more than a simple ssh connection to a remote
> host in which you run R (trivial when the server is Linux)?
> 
> My advice is to run R in a "screen" session on the remote host (it
> protects from sudden disconnections). Then you have a window on your
> screen with the R command line, which you can copy/paste your scripts
> to (from whichever editor you want) as if it was running locally. Of
> course, on-screen graphics works (if you forward X... if you see what
> I mean) but it depends on connection speed (in LAN no problem, through
> internet it can be a pain, I usually don't use it then) and you need
> an X server running locally (if the 'client' is windows, cygwin highly
> recommended).
> 
> A real R 'server' could be very useful though.
> 
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