[R-gui] Editor in R

[Paul Kristiansen]

Hi Søren and others

I have used the WinEdt extension myself (a middle-level S+/R user) and with
some novice R users.

I find that it is relatively simple to set up. You need two ZIP files. They
can be installed from the R menus. Then just type one command in R and its
done. See ReadMe.txt at http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/winedt/ for
details. Open an existing script file, or type some basic code in a new
file, and start working.  R-WinEdt is easy to use, especially if one uses
the short cut keys rather than the icons, but the icons make it simple for
novices.

It is shareware though, unlike R itself.

Regards
Paul
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Dr Paul Kristiansen
Associate Lecturer in Agricultural Systems
Agronomy and Soil Science
Rural Science & Agriculture
University of New England
Armidale 2351
AUSTRALIA
 
Phone: (02) 6773-2962
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-sig-gui-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-sig-gui-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of 
> Søren Højsgaard
> Sent: Wednesday, 7 April 2004 1:31 AM
> To: r-sig-gui at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R-gui] Editor in R
> 
> Dear all,
> I have used R (Windows) for teaching statistics to 
> agronomists and biologists - and they love R!! Yet there is 
> one immediate short coming of R: The lack of an integrated 
> editor. A plain editor (e.g. similar to notepad in windows) 
> in which people can write their code, highlight the piece of 
> code they wish to "submit" and then press a single key to 
> have it pasted into R. 
> 
> For the audience I have in mind, using emacs is way too 
> complicated. WinEdt with the R-extension is probably also too 
> difficult for them (though I have not tried), and at it 
> certainly would move the focus away from statistics to get 
> these technical things "up-and-running". 
> 
> If I knew how to make such a simple editor within R (as an 
> add-on package) then I would do it - but this goes way beyond 
> my capabilities. I would therefore like to encourage anyone 
> in the GUI group with such technical skills to make such an 
> editor. It would be appreciated by many R-beginners...
> 
> Best regards
> Søren Højsgaard
> 
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