yes, but we loose the possibility to use a 'simple' text editor. For
example, I like to use emacs+ess to edit and evaluate R code, and to write
my report in the same editor.
I like the idea that the input format could be writen with a simple text
editor, and the output format be chosen after. I know that the syntax of the
input file could be too difficult for newbie users (that's why odfWeave is
very usefull), but this can be bypass a specific editor like kile for
latex...

2008/1/16, Max Kuhn <mxkuhn@gmail.com>:
>
> 2008/1/16 David Hajage <dhajage.r@gmail.com>:
>
> > Ps : I would like to know if there is an R project to include all
> existing
> > format outputs (latex with Sweave, odf with odfWeave, html with
> rWeaveHTML)
> > and all the wonderful work of their author in a same package or in a
> same
> > project. All of these use a very similar syntax (<<foo>>= R code @), but
> > there is anyway a lot of work to rewrite the R code to make a file
> writes
> > for Sweave working with odfWeave. A latex file can be convert to latex
> or
> > rtf, but it depends on external programs not very easy to use.
> > For example, I would imagine an input similar to the syntax of help
> files
> > (.Rd), but the R code could be include (<< foo >>= R code @), and a
>
> When developing odfWeave, I did run into issues that could not be
> taken into account with Sweave. That is why odfWeave calls Sweave
> instead of using Sweave directly (as you would with the R2HTML
> package). It would be nice to have a more uniform/expanded interface
> in Sweave that can more naturally accommodate other types of markup
> (beyond writing drivers).
>
> > Sweave-like function could replace R code with results and convert the
> file
> > into latex, html or odf.
>
> I *think* that odfWeave with OpenOffice/NeoOffice can do that. I think
> I saw somewhere that newer versions of OO support LaTex, but clearly I
> haven't looked into it. I do know that using OO as a conversion tool
> to rtf, doc, pdf and html works very well.
>
> --
>
> Max
>

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