Hello all, I am looking for an editor for R which has got functions beyond the normal R editor that is included in the program. I had a look at VIM but I think it's difficult if you are just starting programming. Could anyone recommend an editor that is suitable for beginners? Thanks for your help. Marion [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
RStudio Hope this helps, Michael Weylandt On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Marion Wenty <marion.wenty@gmail.com>wrote:> Hello all, > > I am looking for an editor for R which has got functions beyond the normal > R > editor that is included in the program. > > I had a look at VIM but I think it's difficult if you are just starting > programming. > > Could anyone recommend an editor that is suitable for beginners? > > Thanks for your help. > > Marion > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Tue, 20 Sep 2011, Marion Wenty wrote:> I am looking for an editor for R which has got functions beyond the normal > R editor that is included in the program.> I had a look at VIM but I think it's difficult if you are just starting > programming.Marion, VIM (Vi) is a line-oriented editor. The other standard is Emacs (page oriented) which has been described as the only editor that includes an operating system. :-) I know folks that open emacs in their console when they log into their system in the morning and do all their work within it, including processing mail and news groups, searching the Web, coding, and writing letters and documents. All editors have a learning curve; the more powerful and capable the editor the longer the learning curve. Pick one and work with it until you learn enough to do what you want. I use emacs (and have for years for all sorts of text editing and data manipulation tasks) and have recently added ess (Emacs Speaks Statistics) since I'm starting to learn to use R. I find it highly productive; YMMV. Rich
Marion: You should always first search CRAN for such queries. Had you done so, you would have been led to: http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/ There is an extensive list of editors/IDE's there. -- Bert On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Marion Wenty <marion.wenty@gmail.com>wrote:> Hello all, > > I am looking for an editor for R which has got functions beyond the normal > R > editor that is included in the program. > > I had a look at VIM but I think it's difficult if you are just starting > programming. > > Could anyone recommend an editor that is suitable for beginners? > > Thanks for your help. > > Marion > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- "Men by nature long to get on to the ultimate truths, and will often be impatient with elementary studies or fight shy of them. If it were possible to reach the ultimate truths without the elementary studies usually prefixed to them, these would not be preparatory studies but superfluous diversions." -- Maimonides (1135-1204) Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics 467-7374 http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Marion Wenty wrote:> > ...Could anyone recommend an editor that is suitable for beginners?... >I had trouble with this for a long time. I tried several different programs, but couldn't get any to work properly?they were either too complicated or broken. I recently started using Notepad++ with NppToR. Everything works fine, and it is easy enough for beginners to use. Notepad++ is a free editor. There is a download called NppToR, which runs down in the notification area of the toolbar in Windows. This will allow you to send code directly to the R console from the text editor using a keyboard shortcut, and to have your text color-coded for R. I would recommend starting with this. If, after a few years, you find yourself limited by this setup, then you can think about things like emacs. -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/open-source-editor-for-r-for-beginners-tp3826797p3826958.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.