[R-SIG-Mac] new editor coming up

[Hans-Jörg Bibiko]

On 12 Mar 2011, at 14:32, cgw at witthoft.com wrote:

> Just wondering: I actually like the current editor.   Is the new version a 'superset,' i.e. I won't lose any of the tools or features (auto-indent, bracket matching, etc) of the current editor?  Or will there be any sort of option to use the older vsn?

Please be assured that you won't loose any features you're familiar with. Just the opposite is the case. We fixed several general issues regarding to the entire document handling, we're now using a very fast syntax highlighting approach (lexer) which make it easier to edit larger R scripts, we added a new line numbering approach with the feature to select lines if you click (or/and drag) into the gutter, improved the issue to use different encodings, we added a better code completion (rcompgen), function hints in the status bar now follows the cursor, etc., and in the near future we'll add more features to make it much easier to create/edit/... R code.

Kind regards,
--Hans

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