[R] Looking for knitr example for beginner (NO RStudio)

[C W]

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/85154/knitr-with-texworks/85165#85165

In step 3: "add the executable file (step 3)".

What is the executable file?  Locate package knitr directory path in R?

Mike

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:56 PM, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually, I see it at the bottom.  Sorry!
>
> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:44 PM, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Simon,
>> I am on OS X Lion, I have TeXworks, I don't have knitr as an option.
>>
>> How do I install that into TeXworks?  Seems like I have to something
>> in terminal?
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Simon Zehnder <szehnder at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> I found my way with this little blog: http://yihui.name/knitr/demo/editors/
>>>
>>> The .Rnw files are created very well in a Latex editor. Everything else can be easily googled. The command via knitr::knit2pdf works very fine if you use the chunks. If you are trying to compile an Rtex file, this I do not know either (I like the symbols though in for example https://github.com/yihui/knitr-examples/blob/master/005-latex.Rtex). But the .Rnw files are compiled pretty nice in e.g. texmaker, as described in the blog. Use for example this source file: https://github.com/yihui/knitr/blob/master/inst/examples/knitr-minimal.Rnw
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this helps
>>>
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Simon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:52 PM, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do you create a .Rnw file, in R or LaTex?  I don't think any
>>>> tutorial mentions it.
>>>>
>>>> btw, I am very new to the terms like markdown, so I don't understand
>>>> "markdown to HTML".
>>>>
>>>> I am reading here http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/KnitrHowto
>>>> that you need to compile at terminal.  I do not know terminal, is
>>>> there other ways?
>>>>
>>>> Could you do a video on just "simple" R?  I have seen 3 videos on R
>>>> Studio including yours.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Yihui Xie <xie at yihui.name> wrote:
>>>>> I'm not sure what your question really is. You do not have to use
>>>>> RStudio, but it will be much easier to get started with RStudio,
>>>>> because it does a lot of automatic conversion behind the scenes (e.g.
>>>>> tex to PDF, markdown to HTML, ...). If you want a "pure" solution
>>>>> without any text editor support, the answer is
>>>>>
>>>>> library(knitr)
>>>>> knit('your_input_file')
>>>>>
>>>>> For example, knit('foo.Rnw') gives you foo.tex; if you are familiar
>>>>> with LaTeX, you can mess with this foo.tex now (outside of R).
>>>>>
>>>>> Minimal examples for different document formats are at
>>>>> http://yihui.name/knitr/demo/minimal/ (you must have read this page),
>>>>> and more examples at https://github.com/yihui/knitr-examples
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are asking about the internals of knitr, "Luke, use the
>>>>> source": https://github.com/yihui/knitr Or for a more comprehensive
>>>>> introduction, see http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781482203530
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Yihui
>>>>> --
>>>>> Yihui Xie <xieyihui at gmail.com>
>>>>> Phone: 206-667-4385 Web: http://yihui.name
>>>>> Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:13 AM, C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am using package knitr, FIRST TIME.  I don't have access to RStudio.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Read through Yihui's page, didn't find it helpful.  Stuck on terms
>>>>>> Rnw, GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown).  Never used Sweave, so the
>>>>>> reference is not helping.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a simple step-by-step example WITHOUT RStudio?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My question:
>>>>>> What is the procedure?  The documentation explains the functions, but
>>>>>> does not say how to operate between R and LaTex.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
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