I use the nice java GUI "JGR" for both my own use and in teaching. See <a href="http://jgr.markushelbig.org/JGR.html">http://jgr.markushelbig.org/JGR.html<br></a><br>Like R itself, JGR offers a single, free tool that works across all 3 platforms (but I have not used it with Linux).<br>
<br>I have extracted and attached the relevant pages from Bob Muenchen's excellent 2009 Springer book, "R for SAS and SPSS Users," which I even recommend--heartily--to statistical computing virgins. This book has lots of down-to-earth information illustrated with good examples--including stuff I have not found in other books in this niche. See <a href="http://rforsasandspssusers.com/">http://rforsasandspssusers.com/<br>
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<br>Ralph O'Brien<br>Dept of Epidemiology and Biostatistics<br>Case Western Reserve University<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Paul Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pauljohn32@gmail.com" target="_blank">pauljohn32@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I use Linux only and have been teaching students with Emacs & ESS.<br>
Lately, we've had some troubles with that combination that are not<br>
solved, and it has caused me to look about for alternatives.<br>
<br>
One of my students has a Macintosh and he showed me that the R that he<br>
installed came with an editor that does what we need. The<br>
command-shift sends lines over.<br>
<br>
So I started to wonder: why can't we compile that Editor in Linux? If<br>
a Mac is really BSD Unix with a layer of libraries, it should be<br>
possible. There are GNUstep libraries to duplicate much of the<br>
NextStep framework, but I have not studied enough on current Mac<br>
systems to know how close we might be to building the Mac R editor<br>
along with R itself.<br>
<br>
I've been Googling and searching in this lists archive and don't find<br>
much discussion on this. If anybody has ideas about whether this is<br>
possible, please advise.<br>
<br>
pj<br>
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Paul E. Johnson<br>
Professor, Political Science<br>
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504<br>
University of Kansas<br>
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