[R] Using an editor with R

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 11/26/2005 4:53 PM, Walter R. Paczkowski wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I changed the setting in options$editor to allow me to use my favorite editor.  In R 2.1.1 on Windows XP, I entered at the command line:
> 
> options(editor="c:\\program files\\winedit\\winedit.exe")
> 
> When I edited a function, say test, using fix(test), the editor opened perfectly.  But, when I saved the file and closed the editor, the R gui screen was white, blank, and completely unresponsive.  The only thing I could do was close R by clicking on the "X" in the upper right corner of the window.  How can I use my editor but be able to continue using R after I close the editor?  What extra setting am I missing?

This sounds like you didn't really close your editor.  R isn't smart 
enough to know that the editor closed a file, it can only see when the 
process finishes.

I'd recommend using the RWinEdt package instead for a different way to 
integrate winedit with R.

Duncan Murdoch