Just to be clear, Denis, I am not in any way associated with anybody or anything
and just read about it on a news feed not from POSIT directly.
I am aware it is based on existing functionality and have used possibly similar
editors for other languages. I did try possibly one touted by Microsoft years
ago (perhaps what you are referring to) but felt no need to keep using it at the
time. What I am interested in is hearing from others who have opinions, perhaps
after having tried it.
And there is a trend I have noted where some development environments have been
moving towards multiple language support including at times integration between
languages. RSTUDI, itself, has been supporting a number of languages besides R
and that is one reason it changed names for the company. What they are offering
now, and I am not clear what they are adding or changing, looks like an attempt
to evolve along such lines.
Python versions typically have shipped with a fairly rudimentary IDLE program
you can use as a sort of editor. Plenty of other add-ons are available
independently. As noted, RSTUDIO now is such an add-on for python too.
R, as far as I know, has not taken that route and you get just the language
alone and the community is free to use anything else they want. RSTUDIO is one
of many but arguably, quite a few here have used it. Many versions are currently
FREE and some paid versions may have more functionality. I am wondering if this
new product is going to change things such as fee structures or even eventually
replace ...
-----Original Message-----
From: D?nes T?th <toth.denes at kogentum.hu>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2024 7:03 AM
To: avi.e.gross at gmail.com; r-help at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R] Positron as a tool
Hi Avi,
I am not sure that the R-help mailing list is a suitable channel for
advertising R-related tools... But given you mentioned Positron
(https://github.com/posit-dev/positron), which is based on VSCode, it is
worth calling out that a free, open-source, community-maintained, very
feature rich R extension
(https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/r) already exists in VS
Code for years.
Regards,
Denes
On 6/28/24 07:10, avi.e.gross at gmail.com wrote:> This is just an FYI based on a news item I saw tonight.
>
> There have been discussions on what editors or environments people can use
> when working with R and I personally have mostly been using versions of
> RSTUDIO and lately for both R and python. As often noted, RSTUDIO is a
> product of a company, currently still largely free and they have some
tweaks
> that can cause issues.
>
> The news article mentions a future project as described below, if anyone is
> interested, that may be a nice alternative similar (and based on) what some
> use for programming in multiple languages. Again, I am noty suggesting
> anyone use it, albeit I plan on trying it out when it is a bit further
> along.
>
> The current name seems to be Positron, to sort of go with the new name of
> the company behind RSTUDIO, which is now Posit. Nothing to do with
Asimov's
> Positronic Brains, LOL!
>
> Here is a reference if anyone is interested.
>
>
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3715702/maker-of-rstudio-launches-new-r-an
> d-python-ide.html
>
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