R help - Mar 2009 - R editor that will work with Rcmdr

R 2.8.1
Windows XP
Fedora Linux.

I would like a suggestion for an editor that will help format my R code that can
be used with Rcmdr. Is there anything I need to know about running or installing
an editor when using Rcmdr? I run R on both Windows and Linux (Fedora).
Thank you,
John


John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics
University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology
Baltimore VA Medical Center
10 North Greene Street
GRECC (BT/18/GR)
Baltimore, MD 21201-1524
(Phone) 410-605-7119
(Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing)

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Dear John,

I'm not entirely sure what you have in mind. Any editor or IDE that
communicates with the R process and is compatible with the tcltk package
will work in parallel with the Rcmdr. That is, when you submit R code from
the editor, it will go directly to R and not to the Rcmdr script window. 

Regards,
 John
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> R 2.8.1
> Windows XP
> Fedora Linux.
> 
> I would like a suggestion for an editor that will help format my R code
that
> can be used with Rcmdr. Is there anything I need to know about running or
> installing an editor when using Rcmdr? I run R on both Windows and Linux
> (Fedora).
> Thank you,
> John
> 
> 
> John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
> Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics
> University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology
> Baltimore VA Medical Center
> 10 North Greene Street
> GRECC (BT/18/GR)
> Baltimore, MD 21201-1524
> (Phone) 410-605-7119
> (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing)
> 
> Confidentiality Statement:
> This email message, including any attachments, is for ...{{dropped:10}}

John Sorkin <jsorkin <at> grecc.umaryland.edu> writes:
> 
> R 2.8.1
> Windows XP
> Fedora Linux.
> 
> I would like a suggestion for an editor that will help format my R code
that
can be used with Rcmdr. Is there
> anything I need to know about running or installing an editor when using
Rcmdr? I run R on both Windows and
> Linux (Fedora).
> Thank you,
> John
> 
Hi John,
>From my experience, while (X)Emacs + ESS or JGR work with Rcmdr under Linux,
there can be problems using either of these in conjunction with Rcmdr under
Windows.  From John Fox's own 'An Introduction to ESS + XEmacs for
Windows
Users of R': "The Rcmdr package does not run reliably under XEmacs/ESS
for
Windows."  On Windows XP at least, this still seems to be the case - for me
it
always ends up crashing R.  
Under Windows, Tinn-R and Notepad++ with NppToR
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/npptor/) work fine alongside Rcmdr, but both of
them are Windows only.  Other IDEs such as Eclipse I haven't tested.

Hope this is helpful,

Michael Bibo
Queensland Health