Which is the best editor for .R files? I currently use kate on my linux as it has R highlighting and allows me to split the window into two: in one I edit the .R file and in the other I have a shell so I run R and can easily copy and paste the code. There are some features that I don't like and I am having a look on some alternatives. I've heard wonders of emacs with ess but I am a little bit frightened of the steep learning curve. What do the R experts use or would recommend using? Both linux and/or windows alternatives are welcomed. I guess it would much depend on the particular needs/preferences of each user but I would like to know which are the most commonly used editors. Thanks, Angel
That's a good question, i was really satisifed with R-Winedt for Windows, and this was one reason for me avoid a migration to linux. But one day i decide to start the mmigration process from win2linux and now using EmacsSpeaksStatistics what's really cool, but you need a bit of practice takes getting used to! http://stat.ethz.ch/ESS/ christian -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]Im Auftrag von Angel Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. November 2003 22:27 An: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Betreff: [R] best editor for .R files Which is the best editor for .R files? I currently use kate on my linux as it has R highlighting and allows me to split the window into two: in one I edit the .R file and in the other I have a shell so I run R and can easily copy and paste the code. There are some features that I don't like and I am having a look on some alternatives. I've heard wonders of emacs with ess but I am a little bit frightened of the steep learning curve. What do the R experts use or would recommend using? Both linux and/or windows alternatives are welcomed. I guess it would much depend on the particular needs/preferences of each user but I would like to know which are the most commonly used editors. Thanks, Angel ______________________________________________ R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
You will find a list of several possible editors for R in: http://www.r-project.org/GUI/projects/editors.html (and for related aspects, look at http://www.r-project.org/GUI). The best way is to try several, and decide in function of your own feeling and needs. Best, Philippe Grosjean -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Angel Sent: Thursday, 20 November, 2003 22:27 To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [R] best editor for .R files Which is the best editor for .R files? I currently use kate on my linux as it has R highlighting and allows me to split the window into two: in one I edit the .R file and in the other I have a shell so I run R and can easily copy and paste the code. There are some features that I don't like and I am having a look on some alternatives. I've heard wonders of emacs with ess but I am a little bit frightened of the steep learning curve. What do the R experts use or would recommend using? Both linux and/or windows alternatives are welcomed. I guess it would much depend on the particular needs/preferences of each user but I would like to know which are the most commonly used editors. Thanks, Angel ______________________________________________ R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
On the Windows platform, I use SourceEdit which also has R syntax
highlighting (and much more) (http://www.brixoft.com/). However, as an
organization, we do have plans to look at the IDE Eclipse
(http://www.eclipse.org/ )
Partha
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Which is the best editor for .R files?
I currently use kate on my linux as it has R highlighting and allows me to
split the window into two: in one I edit the .R file and in the other I
have
a shell so I run R and can easily copy and paste the code. There are some
features that I don't like and I am having a look on some alternatives.
I've heard wonders of emacs with ess but I am a little bit frightened of
the
steep learning curve.
What do the R experts use or would recommend using?
Both linux and/or windows alternatives are welcomed.
I guess it would much depend on the particular needs/preferences of each
user but I would like to know which are the most commonly used editors.
Thanks,
Angel
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Xemacs learning curve may not be as steep as you think. In any case the gains are certainly high because most of the short-cuts that you will learn, especially for navigation and editting, will apply in some way-or-another to most of the modes that emacs will operate in: document editing, source code editing, file systemoperations, mail and www, help browsing, etc I hope it is encouraging, Itay -- On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Angel wrote:> > Which is the best editor for .R files? > > I currently use kate on my linux as it has R highlighting and allows me to > split the window into two: in one I edit the .R file and in the other I have > a shell so I run R and can easily copy and paste the code. There are some > features that I don't like and I am having a look on some alternatives. > I've heard wonders of emacs with ess but I am a little bit frightened of the > steep learning curve. > > What do the R experts use or would recommend using? > Both linux and/or windows alternatives are welcomed. > I guess it would much depend on the particular needs/preferences of each > user but I would like to know which are the most commonly used editors. > Thanks, > Angel > > >
I use gvim. It has the syntax highlighting and works on most platforms. My guess is that if you want more integration then the emacs path is the way to go. Note that I am not an R expert.>Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:27:05 +0100 >From: "Angel" <angel_lul@hotmail.com> >Subject: [R] best editor for .R files >To: <r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch> >Message-ID: <Sea2-DAV15zxDPHprp500000eae@hotmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > >Which is the best editor for .R files? > >I currently use kate on my linux as it has R highlighting and allows me to >split the window into two: in one I edit the .R file and in the other I have >a shell so I run R and can easily copy and paste the code. There are some >features that I don't like and I am having a look on some alternatives. >I've heard wonders of emacs with ess but I am a little bit frightened of the >steep learning curve. > >What do the R experts use or would recommend using? >Both linux and/or windows alternatives are welcomed. >I guess it would much depend on the particular needs/preferences of each >user but I would like to know which are the most commonly used editors.[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Hi Angel and * ! I also use kate and in my opinion it is very convenient. I don't know which features you don't like, but if you mean some syntax highlighting "features", you might try my R syntax highlighting (XML) file for kate. It is based on Egon Willighagen's one and contains a few bug fixes and several extensions. You can download it from my homepage (http://www.uni-kiel.de/agrarpol/ ahenningsen/, the link is at the bottom of the page). This new file is NOT thoroughly tested so far. After testing it for some time, I will send it to CRAN and to kate.kde.org as an update of Egon's file, since Egon stopped maintaining it. Best wishes, Arne On Thursday 20 November 2003 22:27, Angel wrote:> Which is the best editor for .R files? > > I currently use kate on my linux as it has R highlighting and allows me to > split the window into two: in one I edit the .R file and in the other I > have a shell so I run R and can easily copy and paste the code. There are > some features that I don't like and I am having a look on some > alternatives. I've heard wonders of emacs with ess but I am a little bit > frightened of the steep learning curve. > > What do the R experts use or would recommend using? > Both linux and/or windows alternatives are welcomed. > I guess it would much depend on the particular needs/preferences of each > user but I would like to know which are the most commonly used editors. > Thanks, > Angel > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help-- Arne Henningsen Department of Agricultural Economics University of Kiel Olshausenstr. 40 D-24098 Kiel (Germany) Tel: +49-431-880 4445 Fax: +49-431-880 1397 ahenningsen at agric-econ.uni-kiel.de http://www.uni-kiel.de/agrarpol/ahenningsen/