[R] Best IDE for R

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 27/10/2010 7:01 AM, Santosh Srinivas wrote:
 > Dear R-Group,
 >
 > I am looking for suggestions for the "best" IDE for R. Best is obviously
 > subjective but I need just the basic features that should function 
well (and
 > I looked through the threads already).
 > - Proper integration with R 2.11.1
 > - Good key shortcuts ... similar to the R Gui
 > - Manageability of Projects, etc.
 > - Neat formatting features
 >
 > I tried Revolution R but it seems huge in size for something my basic 
needs
 > and keep throwing up configuration problems.
 > I tried Komodo. It works fine but having problems with "proper" 
integration
 > into R and unable to do debugging.

Are you on Windows only, or other platforms too/instead?  Two 
cross-platform GUIs to try are StatET in Eclipse and ESS in some version 
of Emacs.  I don't use either, I just use an external text editor and 
Rgui, so I can't give a recommendation.

Duncan Murdoch