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<DIV><FONT size=2>Many people replied. Thank you all very very much for the
input. The sheer volume provided me with strong encouragement to make a leap
into a programming environment.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Summary:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>1. Nearly everyone suggested that I bite the bullet, get Emacs
and ESS.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>2. </FONT><FONT size=3>Most people also suggested using
R-WinEdt with WinEdt (only on windows). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3>3. Use the Display file menu item in Rgui to
run parts of a program. This is more convenient<BR>than ESS (and just one key
stroke), although you can't edit in an R pager. (Thanks to BD
Ripley).<BR></FONT><BR>Henry Stevens<BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de
href="mailto:ligges@statistik.uni-dortmund.de">Uwe Ligges</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hstevens@rci.rutgers.edu
href="mailto:hstevens@rci.rutgers.edu">Martin Henry H. Stevens</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=r-help@hypatia.math.ethz.ch
href="mailto:r-help@hypatia.math.ethz.ch">r-help@hypatia.math.ethz.ch</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 20, 2001 11:05
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [R] Interacting with R</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> "Martin Henry H. Stevens" wrote:<BR>> <BR>> Dear R
folks,<BR>> <BR>> (Running Windows 98, Pentium II, 128 Mb RAM)<BR>>
<BR>> I have been using Splus 2000 for about 1.5 years, and have
recently<BR>> begun using R. I love the Open Source philosophy! I may be
switching<BR>> to to Linux soon.<BR>> <BR>> My question:<BR>>
<BR>> How do people most often interact with R?<BR>> <BR>> In Splus
2000, I used "Script" windows to write functions. "Script"<BR>> windows
were great because:<BR>> <BR>> 1. they are simple to start
and save,<BR>> 2. I could highlight segments of code and run
segments,<BR>> 3. They have the nifty feature of highlighting
each opening<BR>> parenthesis as you type the
corresponding closing parenthesis,<BR>> 4. They were in Splus
itself.<BR>> <BR>> Where would I look for a description of how folks
interact with R to<BR>> perform comparable tasks? Is there an introduction
or appendix<BR>> somewhere that walks a user through daily use that is a
little beyond<BR>> the simple command line stuff in V&R 3rd edition or
"R for beginners"<BR>> (E. Paradis 2000)? I thought I checked the standard
documentation, but<BR>> may have missed the relevent part.<BR>> <BR>>
I have been writing functions and scripts in Word, saving as text<BR>>
(with the .txt suffix I cannot get rid of) and then using "source()"<BR>>
to implement functions. This is okay, but seems a little
clumsy.<BR><BR><BR>There is ESS for the Emacs, which is very nice for
interacting with R.<BR>If you have WinEdt available, you might also want to
have a look at<BR>R-WinEdt (only on windows).<BR><BR>Both abvailable at <A
href="http://CRAN.R-Project.org/other-software.html">http://CRAN.R-Project.org/other-software.html</A><BR><BR>Uwe
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