[R] Syntax Highlightning and Editor for Linux

[Rainer M Krug]

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On 23/07/2010 15:56, Alaios wrote:
> I would like oto thank everyone for the replies.
> I instaled rkward.. It looks like an editor.. Is it possible to execute
Yes

> also your code from the text editor.
Look into the "Run" menu

> If there is a function call myfunc inside my file test.R
> Is it possible to exectute the function from the rwkard?

How do you mean? You can open an R console in rkward (by pressing the "R
console" button on the bottom. Then you can type there. You can submit
to the R Console via the Run menu or keyboard shortcuts.

Cheers,

Rainer

> 
> Best Regards
> Alex
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Federico Andreis <federico.andreis at gmail.com>
> *To:* Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* Alaios <alaios at yahoo.com>; r-help at r-project.org
> *Sent:* Fri, July 23, 2010 3:46:08 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [R] Syntax Highlightning and Editor for Linux
> 
> I have been trying emacs with ess, Kate, plain gedit..nothing really
> satisfied me..
> but then I found a nice plugin for gedit: Rgedit !
> 
> it supports split screen with R terminal window (you can also
> personalize colour if, like me, do like to
> stick with old habits :) ), moreover gedit has a brackets completion and
> a brackets highlight plugin which are very useful.
> 
> check it out here
> 
> http://www.stattler.com/article/using-gedit-or-rgedit-r
> 
> <http://www.stattler.com/article/using-gedit-or-rgedit-r>simple "send
> code to terminal" shortcuts (much simpler than emacs, in my opinion) and
> nice interface..give it a try!
> 
> /federico
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug at gmail.com
> <mailto:r.m.krug at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> On 23/07/2010 14:17, Alaios wrote:
>> I would like to thank you for your immediate reply.
>> Actually I do not like vim and emacs.. I am trying to find an
> editor with a gui
>> that will work fine in Linux.
> Well - you are missing out with not using emacs + ess - but it is quite
> a learning curve. Despite this:
> 
> Try rkward - syntax highlighting and many other nice features.
> 
> Another option: eclipse with statet plugin(
> http://www.walware.de/goto/statet)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rainer
> 
>> One more question. If I am editing a file using my external text
> editor is it
>> possible to execute directly one of the functions that are inside
> the file
>> without executing the source("myfile.R") command first?
> 
>> Best Regards
>> Alex
> 
> 
> 
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com
> <mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>>
>> To: alaios <alaios at yahoo.com <mailto:alaios at yahoo.com>>
>> Cc: r-help at r-project.org <mailto:r-help at r-project.org>
>> Sent: Fri, July 23, 2010 2:13:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [R] Syntax Highlightning and Editor for Linux
> 
>> On 23/07/2010 8:08 AM, alaios wrote:
>>>  Hello to the community .
>>> First post :)
>>> I would like to ask you which text editor do you use in Linux and
> how did
>>> you setup the syntax highlightning?
>>>
> 
>> I don't use Linux, but I think the most popular editors there are
> vim and emacs,
>> the latter with ESS.
> 
>>> one more question is it possible to debug any program in R by
> inserting
>>> breakpoints?
>>>
>>>
> 
>> Yes, see the setBreakpoint() and trace() functions.
> 
>> Duncan Murdoch
> 
>>> I would like to thank you in advance for your help
>>> Best Regards
>>> Alex
>>>
> 
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