[R] Running Scripting on Linux Machine

[Bronagh Grimes]

Hi there,

I am working in SLES / SLED 10.

I use ALT+X then SHIFT+R?

Many thanks,
Bronagh

-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin Simpson [mailto:gavin.simpson at ucl.ac.uk] 
Sent: 23 April 2009 11:44
To: Bronagh Grimes
Cc: r-help at r-project.org
Subject: RE: [R] Running Scripting on Linux Machine

On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 11:08 +0100, Bronagh Grimes wrote:
> Hi Gavin,
> 
> I downloaded ESS & can now see a buffer named '*ESS*' in my EMACS
script
> file.
> 
> To start an ESS process I followed the notes in the documentation:
> 
> 1. To start an S session on Unix or on Windows when you use the Cygwin
> bash shell, simply type M-x S RET.
> 
> 2. S will then (by default) ask the question
> 
> 3. S starting data directory?
> 
> 4. Enter the name of the directory you wish to start S from (that is,
> the directory you would have cd'd to before starting S from the
shell).
> This directory should have a '.Data' subdirectory.
> 
> 5. You will then be popped into a buffer with name '*S*' which will be
> used for interacting with the ESS process, and you can start entering
> commands.
> 
> 
> I can open R via step 1, but step 2 does not then happen.

What OS? In my Emacs on Fedoras 7 through 10 the starting directory
question appears in what is often called the status bar (along the
bottom edge). It even proposes a starting directory for you.

M-x R is what i use to start R.

G

> 
> Any advice on how I go about opening the ESS for working on?
> 
> Many thanks in advance,
> Bronagh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gavin Simpson [mailto:gavin.simpson at ucl.ac.uk] 
> Sent: 23 April 2009 09:47
> To: Bronagh Grimes
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Running Scripting on Linux Machine
> 
> On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 09:31 +0100, Bronagh Grimes wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am new to using R on a Linux machine & I have a few questions on 
> > set-up.  If anyone has experience in this area any advice would be 
> > greatly appreciated.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -          When I open R I have the option to do the following:
> > 
> > o   'Run in Terminal'
> > 
> > o   'Display'
> > 
> > o   'Cancel'
> > 
> > o   'Run'
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -          My only option to open a window such as we find in the
> > Windows version is to choose 'Run in Terminal'.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -          I really want to run a script where I can run sections of
> the
> > code each time.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -          As we know in Windows we have the option to 'Open New
> Script'
> > & from here can choose 'Run line or Selection'
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -          In this version I can indeed save a script & open with
> > 'Emacs', 'KWrite' OR 'Kate'.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -          But the only way I can run this script is to call the
whole
> > script using the source() function.
> 
> Not so in Emacs with ESS installed. You can run lines, regions,
> paragraphs etc. in an R instance within emacs itself. See the ess
> website for further details:
> 
> http://ess.r-project.org
> 
> I don't know about the other K* applications...
> 
> G
> 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -          Does anyone know how I can implement a script that I can
> run
> > as in the Windows version, whereby I can run one line at a time if I

> > wish for testing purposes?
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Many thanks in advance,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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