[R-SIG-Mac] TinnR for Mac

John Maindonald john.maindonald at anu.edu.au
Sun May 30 09:41:13 CEST 2010


Emacs a headache on the Mac??  No way.  The Mac, because 
a BSD Unix machine, is made for Emacs.  For some of us, Mac 
OSX and Emacs are our native territory.  Sure, R on the Mac 
can pose challenges that are different from those of Windows
on the Mac, but that is another story.

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On 30/05/2010, at 3:34 PM, Víctor Manuel García-Guerrero wrote:

> Hi, If you just move from windows to mac-osx maybe emacs could be a real
> headache. So I recommend you to try with Eclipse for Mac or, if you have
> some money, TextMate is awesome, but it is shareware.
> 
> The link for eclipse is http://www.walware.de/goto/statet
> 
> and the link for TextMate is http://macromates.com/
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> ----------------
> Víctor Manuel García-Guerrero
> PhD student, Centre of Demographic, Urban and Enviromental Studies,
> El Colegio de México A.C., Mexico City.
> 
> 
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>> Today's Topics:
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>>  1. Re:  Oops --- still have problems building R from source.
>>     (Simon Urbanek)
>>  2. Re:  TinnR for Mac (Vincent Goulet)
>> 
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 09:07:36 -0400
>> From: Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek at r-project.org>
>> To: Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz>
>> Cc: R-Sig Mac <r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] Oops --- still have problems building R from
>>       source.
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>> On May 27, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Rolf Turner wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> On 28/05/2010, at 8:32 AM, Simon Urbanek wrote:
>>> 
>>>      <SNIP>
>>> 
>>>> But now, seriously, why don't use just follow the instructions and do
>> exactly the following (copy/paste):
>>>> 
>>>> rm -rf /tmp/build
>>>> mkdir /tmp/build
>>>> cd /tmp/build
>>>> curl -O http://cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz/src/base/R-2/R-2.11.0.tar.gz
>>>> tar fxz R-2.11.0.tar.gz
>>>> mkdir R-x86_64
>>>> cd R-x86_64
>>>> ../R-2.11.0/configure r_arch=x86_64 CC="gcc -arch x86_64" \
>>>> CXX="g++ -arch x86_64" F77="gfortran -arch x86_64" \
>>>> FC="gfortran -arch x86_64" OBJC="gcc -arch x86_64" \
>>>> --x-includes=/usr/X11/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11/lib
>>>> make -j`sysctl -n hw.ncpu`
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Your only technical issue was that fink was messing up your system, but
>> now that it's gone, all you need to do is to use the regular instructions
>> from FAQ/R-admin like all other people.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Well, that worked.  At last.  Thank you.
>>> 
>>> But I ***do*** follow instructions.
>> 
>> All I'll say is that a simple search in the archives is the first thing
>> anyone should do before posting here and if one did it would save a lot of
>> time for everyone:
>> 
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-mac/2009-September/006470.html
>> 
>> But don't plan to comment on this thread further.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Simon
>> 
>> 
>>> I had been following instructions,
>>> and they weren't working.  These instructions are slightly/subtly
>> different
>>> from what I had previously been told to do.
>>> 
>>> As to the ``regular instructions from FAQ/R-admin'' --- that's all very
>> well
>>> if you know where to look and what the relevant issues are.  When you
>> don't,
>>> it makes searching for a needle in a haystack trivial by comparison.
>>> 
>>> Thanks again for getting my problem sorted.
>>> 
>>>      cheers,
>>> 
>>>              Rolf Turner
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 11:53:43 -0400
>> From: Vincent Goulet <Vincent.Goulet at act.ulaval.ca>
>> To: Jason Brown <brownjp23 at hotmail.com>
>> Cc: "r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch" <r-sig-mac at stat.math.ethz.ch>
>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] TinnR for Mac
>> Message-ID: <729F20AC-4A01-4D9B-9782-9AB454DFB713 at act.ulaval.ca>
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>> 
>> Sorry for being very late to this thread, but since a few people mentioned
>> Emacs, I'd like to chime in two things:
>> 
>> 1. Emacs (with ESS) is a very nice solution that works exactly the same on
>> Mac, Windows and Linux. It's also an excellent LaTeX editor (with the AUCTeX
>> extension).
>> 
>> 2. I now maintain an OS X version of my GNU Emacs distribution alongside
>> the Windows version that has been available for a few years. It comes
>> bundled with ESS, AUCTeX and some basic configuration. It is otherwise a
>> stock GNU Emacs distribution, unlike Aquamacs that tries to be a Mac-ified
>> Emacs. See
>> 
>>       http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/emacs
>> 
>> I usually post about updates to ess-help.
>> 
>> Hope this helps,
>> 
>> 
>> Dr. Vincent Goulet
>> Full Professor
>> ?cole d'actuariat, Universit? Laval, Qu?bec
>> vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca   http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca
>> 
>> Le mer. 14 avr. ? 21:57, Jason Brown a ?crit :
>> 
>>> Hello.  From what I can tell TinnR is only available for Windows.  What
>> is the editor of choice for Mac users?
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
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