[R-SIG-Mac] R editor for Mac

[Yan Zhou]

I suggest just use one's favorite text editor and execute the code in R.app or terminal (some integration between them will be nice). Sometime things can go wrong, for example a segment of code takes unusual long time or large memory, and then R got frozen. In this case I can usually force R to quite if it does not response. But if I run the code within some editor, then I had to force quite the editor and probably lose all the code I just wrote.

Maybe just I have such  problems from time to time...

 
On Jan 27, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Christophe Dutang wrote:

> One can also use aquamacs with ESS: http://aquamacs.org/features.shtml, but I find it quite slow compared to the built-in editor. 
> 
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> Le 27 janv. 2011 à 11:10, Timothy Bates a écrit :
> 
>> I agree the built-in editor works well.
>> 
>> I’ll add that I work entirely in Textmate.
>> 
>> In addition to the built-in editor’s features such as command execution, it offers
>> 
>> Flexible execution (run in R.app; run in a daemon, return to clipboard, return to this document, return as tool-tip etc
>> Snippets (your own tab-completable smart-typing function insertion)
>> Commands: convert a list of numbers to an Rvector  or matrix; drop-down menu for par() parameters (cmd-;)… the list is endless and incredibly helpful
>> Code-folding (so you can collapse long function etc.
>> Wide choice of syntax highlighting schemes
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 26 Jan 2011, at 8:27 PM, Andrew Beckerman wrote:
>> 
>>> Kristina
>>> 
>>> The mac installation of R comes with a brilliant script editor built right in.
>>> 
>>> Just start R, choose file->new to open a script and you are away. 
>>> 
>>> There is line numbering, coloured context for functions etc, smart brackets and quotes and keystrokes to send the code you select to the console:
>>> 
>>> cmd+return to send selected text or the line you are on.
>>> 
>>> You've got all you need to get started quickly (and perhaps all you need), courtesy of the excellent development team for the mac.
>>> 
>>> Good luck.
>>> Andrew
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> Dr. Andrew Beckerman
>>> Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
>>> University of Sheffield
>>> Sheffield S10 2TN
>>> UK
>>> 
>>> a.beckerman at sheffield.ac.uk
>>> http://www.beckslab.staff.shef.ac.uk
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 26 Jan 2011, at 20:16, Kristina Krsteva wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> I have never used R before and I need to use it for a time series graduate
>>>> course AND i have a mac. I know tinn-R is a great text editor for R that
>>>> works on Windows but is there anything comparable to it for a Mac? I have
>>>> read multiple threads and my current findings are that there is really
>>>> nothing like tinn-R for a mac and that TextMate comes close (but
>>>> unfortunately this costs), some have said that they like the internal editor
>>>> as well. I would like to use a more "user-friendly" editor, if possible, and
>>>> I've been searching for hours now trying to figure out what to download and
>>>> start learning, until I stumbled upon this mailing list and was wondering if
>>>> someone could guide me and tell me what would be the most feasible option
>>>> for an editor and save me some time:)
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you so much,
>>>> k
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>> cheers,
>> tim
>> 
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