[R-gui] Re: Highligthing for NEdit

[Mark Myatt]

Ernesto wrote:

> I've just put together a new R syntax highlighting file for Nedit 5.3.
> 
> I've borrow the "base" functions of Jedit (thanks to Tobias Elze and Zed
> A. Shaw) so now NEdit highlights a little more than before :)
> 
> You can download the file here: 
> 
> http://ernesto.freezope.org/cmf/starthere/r/R-5.3.pats 
> 
> Just import it into NEdit with 
> 
>>nedit -import R-5.3.pats
> 
> and save your preferences when leaving the editor.
> 
> If you want to use NEdit as your default editor inside R do
> 
>>options(editor="nedit -lm R")
> 
> I usually change NEdit fonts to lucida-mono 12 so if you use other fonts
> it may look uglier (or pretier) ...
> 
> Hope you enjoy it and, as usual, all comments are welcome.

A really nice job. Thanks. Just one comment ... I prefer not to have 
line-wrapping on when writing code. That requires a simple change to the 
file on the nedit.languagesModes line to:

	nedit.languagesModes:	R:.r .R .q::Auto:None:::\n\

Just my preference.

Mark

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Mark Myatt