On 10/26/07, John Thaden <jjthaden@flash.net> wrote:
>
> Michael,
>    Where can we read you document that includes "various ideas
>    going far beyond simply embedding R"?  What about Julian's
>    opinion that Tinn-R is more stable and loads more quickly
>    than jEdit?  Can that be true in a Windows environment?


Tinn-R probably loads faster, since it doesn't have the overhead of Java. As
far as stability, I haven't used Tinn-R enough to compare. I use jEdit for
my daily work, all day long, for the past 6 years, and I can't remember it
ever crashing on me.

   -John Thaden
>
>    On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:25:12, Michael Lawrence wrote:
>
>    > 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 it 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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