[R-gui] Seeking comments/testers for a new GUI

[Liviu Andronic]

Hello,

On 6/17/09, Vitalie S. <vitosmail at rambler.ru> wrote:
>  Nice idea indeed. Akin to Rcmder. But as Rcmder Deducer uses obscure editor
> as platform. It's highly improbable that an "expert" user of R would use JGR
> for their work.
>
>  I wonder, why not to direct this valuable effort towards  extending fully customizable
> editors like ESS or SciViews-K (http://www.sciviews.org/SciViews-K/index.html
>  )?
>
>  This would nicely facilitate  beginner's start with advanced editors as well.
>
In my view Rcmdr, and JGR are perfect environments for R novices, and
for additions similar to Deducer.

While Rcmdr certainly would not seem the editor of the power-user, its
menus can be used in just about any R setting; simply require(Rcmdr)
in the underlying R terminal (be it rterm, JGR, or other), and use its
menus for routine stuff on the terminal workspace. (Rcmdr can also be
configured to display the menus only, and redirect all output to the
underlying console; it can thus be viewed as a useful toolbox to any R
session.)

Concerning JGR, again, it would hardly be the *editor* of the
power-user. However, it is among the most advanced and friendly R
terminals around. It is much helpful to beginners, and adding
statistical menus to it can only improve users' transition to R. I
believe JGR is a good choice to add statistical menus.

Best,
Liviu