[R-gui] your favourite spreadsheet-like data viewer or editor?

[ilhami visne]

Hi,

Try this one here http://speedr.r-forge.r-project.org. You can use it to 
view, filter and import new datas.

If you like it or find a bug (in beta), please write on the forum.

best wishes,
ilhami visne

project is at
On 10/26/2010 7:13 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
> Dear all
> I've been looking for a solution to this problem ever since I started
> learning R, and I still haven't found one I'm comfortable with. And I
> would rather avoid exporting and importing into a spreadsheet just for
> this. I am looking for a data viewer/editor that could, among other
> things:
> - have a 'view' mode (not an 'edit only' mode, to avoid bugs or
> unintended modifications)
> - have a 'filter' view mode (not a data-modifying subset)
> - have a 'sort' view mode (not a data-modifying sort operation)
> - select multiple rows/cols
> - select multiple individual cells
>
> Here's a list of what I've found sofar:
> - View()/Edit(): rudimentary interface; don't interact very well with
> tcltk (Rcmdr) on Linux
> - relimp::showData(): nice viewer, but too often too unstable; lacks
> most of the features above
> - tcltk2::tk2edit(): allows multiple row/col/cell selections; has no
> 'view' mode nor 'filter' or 'sort', and pops up scary errors whenever
> 'cancelling' changes
> - rdataviewer: the interface is too exotic for my habits, and lacks
> most of the features above
> - RGtk2Extras::dfedit(): allows multiple cell selections and can
> perform a 'sort' and displays several features in the c-menu; it is
> quite slow on my system with 'iris', no 'view' mode; since it uses
> RGtk2 it interacts very badly with tcltk (Rcmdr)
> - playwith: features a nice viewer hidden in Labels>  Select from
> table, but it is awkwardly located, with no advanced features, and
> RGtk2 based
> - JGR/Deducer::data.viewer(): includes a nifty data editor, perhaps my
> favourite from this list, but it is a bit awkward to use when using an
> editor different than JGR (console monopolization); it also lacks a
> 'view' and 'filter' mode as well well as select multiple rows/cols; it
> can sort, but not easily when outside JGR
>
>
> Anything that I've missed? Regards
> Liviu
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