[R] Syntax Highlightning and Editor for Linux

schuster mail at friedrich-schuster.de
Fri Jul 23 18:12:30 CEST 2010


Rkward is great. 

If you are a programmer then have a look at the StatET plugin for eclipse 
(Java). Not so simple to set up.


On Friday 23 July 2010 02:17:36 pm 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.
> 
> 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>
> To: alaios <alaios at yahoo.com>
> Cc: 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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