Thanks for the pointer,

After looking at the many folders of R code I have I decided it was time to
start working in an IDE and also getting my stuff under version control (
for my own sanity)

I'll have a look at Geany.. for version control.. not so sure.

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Jonathan P Daily <jdaily@usgs.gov> wrote:
> > I can second using Geany as an IDE.
> >
> Great, finally a soulmate! :) More seriously, I think Geany is
> under-appreciated and virtually unkonwn in the R community.
>
>
> > Another large plus for it is that it is cross platform (I work in both
> Windows and Linux), cross environment (I also code in Python/Sage), very
> customizable, and even has a version on PortableApps for windows so you can
> take a customized version around on a USB stick with ease.
> >
> One important feature that teh Windows version of Geany lacks is the
> integrated virtual terminal emulator. This is mainly because the VTE
> port to Windows was never finalised (although the patch is well in
> their bugtracker). One possibility is to use Geany in a VMware virtual
> Linux machine on Windows.
>
> Regards
> Liviu
>
>
> > --------------------------------------
> > Jonathan P. Daily
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> > the thing itself have purpose? Or do we, what's the word... imbue it."
> >     - Jubal Early, Firefly
> >
> >
> > From: Liviu Andronic <landronimirc@gmail.com>
> > To:
> > Lee Hachadoorian <Lee.Hachadoorian+L@gmail.com<Lee.Hachadoorian%2BL@gmail.com>
> >
> > Cc: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Date: 10/27/2010 02:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [R] Best IDE for R
> > Sent by: r-help-bounces@r-project.org
> > ________________________________
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Lee Hachadoorian
> > <Lee.Hachadoorian+L@gmail.com <Lee.Hachadoorian%2BL@gmail.com>> wrote:
> > > For an R-enabled text editor, I would suggest Tinn-R for Windows or
> RGedit
> > > (a gedit plugin) for Linux/Gnome-desktop. Since both are just text
> > > editors, they will work with whatever version R you have installed
> > > (criteria 1).
> > >
> > > RGedit is pretty spare: basically just console integration and keyboard
> > > shortcuts to send code (current line, selection, defined blocks) to the
> > > console. Criteria 1 Y 2 basic 3 N 4 N
> > >
> > For Linux and Mac, I usually suggest Geany [1] as an alternative to
> > Gedit. Geany is an intuitive IDE that can send commands to rterm in
> > the integrated virtual terminal emulator. It provides various features
> > for project management, source highlighting, code folding, etc.
> >
> > Regards
> > Liviu
> >
> > [1] http://www.r-bloggers.com/integrating-r-with-geany/
> >
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