[R] productivity tools in R?

[Mark Knecht]

On 7/1/09, Seeliger.Curt at epamail.epa.gov <Seeliger.Curt at epamail.epa.gov> wrote:
> > ... I saw my friend has a R Console window which has automatic syntax
>  > reminder when he types in the first a few letters of R command. ...
>
>  You might be thinking of JGR (Jaguar) at
>  http://jgr.markushelbig.org/JGR.html . This editor also prompts you with
>  function argument lists, including for functions that you wrote.  It's a
>  very nice editor, but currently lacks the overall function of Tinn-R. Even
>  so, I have it on my desktop.  The RUnit package is a good start at a
>  standalone test harness, and I'm looking forward to additional
>  capabilities as it matures.
>
>  There is no IDE for R in the same way that there is for other languages --
>  something that supports integrated versioning, debugging and testing,
>  perhaps using Eclipse.  Boy howdee, I hope someone knows otherwise.
>
>  cur
>
>
>  --
>  Curt Seeliger, Data Ranger
>  Raytheon Information Services - Contractor to ORD
>  seeliger.curt at epa.gov
>  541/754-4638
>

For kicks I tried JGR yesterday. In the Rgui console, or sourcing, my
code runs fine. In JGR it crashed with messages about stack
imbalances.

I might use the editor though. That's a step up on Win Vista from
what's in Rgui.

Thanks for the pointer.

- Mark