Tim.Harrold@csiro.au
2002-Jul-11 08:22 UTC
bug(?) in R FAQ - Should I run R from within Emacs? (PR#1772)
I have a small request re. R FAQ Frequently Asked Questions on R Version 1.5-10, 2002-06-13 ISBN 3-901167-51-X Kurt Hornik In section 6.2 Should I run R from within Emacs? The faq says "Yes, definitely." This led me to install emacs, and to install ess. However, I use a windows environment (mswindows2000) and I had some difficulty installing, linking and launching these applications. After several hours I had launched emacs but had failed to link it with either ess or r, partly because of platform problems. (As a dedicated windows user, I am reluctant to tinker with autoexec.bat and the like). I spent several hours doing this, and in hindsight, I decided to uninstall emacs and ess. I would prefer if the faq could be changed to say: "This is optional." And perhaps some comment could be made about platforms. I found the documentation for emacs and ess to be a bit of a hair-pulling exercise. NOT one of the "plug and play" applications that MS windows is so fond of! By the way, I like the r gui very much. I used splus for some time as a PhD student, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that my scripts run in r!! I intend to use r from now onwards, and to encourage my colleagues to use it too. Kind regards, Tim Harrold CSIRO Atmospheric Research 107 Station Street Aspendale Vic 3195 Phone: 03 9239 4411 Fax: 03 9239 4688 Home: 03 9571 2736 email tim.harrold@csiro.au "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good." Psalm 106:1 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
A.J. Rossini
2002-Jul-11 14:22 UTC
bug(?) in R FAQ - Should I run R from within Emacs? (PR#1772)
>>>>> "tim" == Tim Harrold <Tim.Harrold@csiro.au> writes:tim> This led me to install emacs, and to install ess. However, I tim> use a windows environment (mswindows2000) and I had some tim> difficulty installing, linking and launching these tim> applications. After several hours I had launched emacs but tim> had failed to link it with either ess or r, partly because of tim> platform problems. (As a dedicated windows user, I am tim> reluctant to tinker with autoexec.bat and the like). tim> I spent several hours doing this, and in hindsight, I decided to uninstall tim> emacs and ess. tim> I would prefer if the faq could be changed to say: tim> "This is optional." tim> And perhaps some comment could be made about platforms. I tim> found the documentation for emacs and ess to be a bit of a tim> hair-pulling exercise. NOT one of the "plug and play" tim> applications that MS windows is so fond of! For the cost of one of those plug and play apps that your OS is so fond of, I'd be happy to provide a simple install. Would you like to know where to send your check to? (In fact, for XEmacs, we have). best, -tony -- A.J. Rossini Rsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics U. of Washington Biostatistics rossini@u.washington.edu FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net rossini@scharp.org -------------- http://software.biostat.washington.edu/ ---------------- FHCRC: M: 206-667-7025 (fax=4812)|Voicemail is pretty sketchy/use Email UW: Th: 206-543-1044 (fax=3286)|Change last 4 digits of phone to FAX (my tuesday/wednesday/friday locations are completely unpredictable.) -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._