I think a better idea would be to make a jEdit plugin that embeds an R
console component (perhaps the one from JGR, but the last I checked it was
not embeddable, unfortunately). Anyway, it would be easy enough to roll your
own by extending the existing jEdit Console plugin using JRI. I would have
done that ages ago, but I'm still hoping that JGR could be leveraged in some
way.

In my opinion, jEdit has a very clean design (at both the UI and the API
level) as do several of the important plugins (ie Console). One can actually
run R inside the jEdit console, but it does not echo your commands, which
hinders its usability.

I haven't used Tinn-R much since it is not cross-platform. Also, I prefer to
use the same editor for all my work, beyond R, and I'm not sure if Tinn-R
would be up to that task (but as I've said I haven't used it much).

If anyone wants to work with me on providing an R support plugin for jEdit,
I'd be open to starting the project. I've already written a document with
various ideas, which goes far beyond simply embedding R. The editor-centric
mode of using R is obviously very popular and useful, but, at least in my
opinion, no editor does a great job at it on all platforms.

Michael

On 10/24/07, Julian Burgos <jmburgos@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Rob,
> I used jEdit, but I'm not sure if there is a 'ctrl-R' option available.
>   I eventually switched to Tinn-R, which is an editor customized for R
> (although I can be used for other languages) and does provide the
> connection to R you are looking for.  Also (I think) loads faster and it
> is more stable than jEdit.
>
> Julian
>
> threshold wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I just installed jEdit but have no clue, whether I can run my code a'la
> > "ctrl-R" directly from jEdit script, or should source it from R command
> > line, after saving it first in jEdit.
> >
> > thanks for any help,
> > rob
>
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