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<P>Dear R folks,</P>
<P>(Running Windows 98, Pentium II, 128 Mb RAM)</P>
<P>I have been using Splus 2000 for about 1.5 years, and have recently begun
using R. I love the Open Source philosophy! I may be switching to to Linux
soon.</P>
<P>My question:</P>
<P>How do people most often interact with R? </P>
<P></P>
<P>In Splus 2000, I used "Script" windows to write functions. "Script" windows
were great because:</P>
<OL>
<LI>they are simple to start and save,</LI>
<LI>I could highlight segments of code and run segments,</LI>
<LI>They have the nifty feature of highlighting each opening parenthesis as
you type the corresponding closing parenthesis,</LI>
<LI>They were in Splus itself.</LI></OL>
<P>Where would I look for a description of how folks interact with R to perform
comparable tasks? Is there an introduction or appendix somewhere that walks a
user through daily use that is a little beyond the simple command line stuff in
V&R 3<SUP>rd</SUP> edition or "R for beginners" (E. Paradis 2000)? I thought
I checked the standard documentation, but may have missed the relevent part.
</P>
<P>I have been writing functions and scripts in Word, saving as text (with the
.txt suffix I cannot get rid of) and then using "source()" to implement
functions. This is okay, but seems a little clumsy. </P>
<P>Thanks for any input,</P>
<P>Henry</P>
<P>"With freedom comes responsibility."</P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Dr. M. Henry H. Stevens<BR>Postdoctoral
Associate<BR>Department of Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources<BR>14
College Farm Road<BR>Cook College, Rutgers University<BR>New Brunswick, NJ
08901-8551</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>email: <A
href="mailto:hstevens@rci.rutgers.edu">hstevens@rci.rutgers.edu</A><BR>phone:
732-932-9631<BR>fax: 732-932-8746</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>