[R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr

[John Fox]

Dear John,

If you tell me what you want to happen, I'll consider it when I next make substantial revisions to the package in the summer. I'm still sceptical about using the Rcmdr as a programming editor; among other things, it doesn't provide a true R console.

Regards,
John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Sorkin [mailto:jsorkin at grecc.umaryland.edu]
> Sent: March-05-09 11:34 AM
> To: 'Peter Dalgaard'; John Fox
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: RE: [R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr
> 
> Peter,
> I see that you do not think Rcmdr should be used to as a program editor
> for R code. I understand that modifying Rmcdr to make it an editor would
> be an enormous undertaking, nevertheless, having a program editor that
> works with Rcmdr would be a wonderful addition to what is already an
> outstanding package. It would be nice to know that my R code was
> automatically formatted as I enter it into Rcmdr.
> John
> 
> John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D.
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> >>> "John Fox" <jfox at mcmaster.ca> 3/5/2009 11:18 AM >>>
> Dear Peter,
> 
> I've resisted trying to make the script window a full-fledged editor
> but it's been moving in that direction (right-click context menu, line
> wrapping, etc). I don't think that the Ctext widget is currently
> provided via the tcltk package. I still think that people who want a
> real programming editor are better off not using the Rcmdr for that
> purpose.
> 
> Best,
>  John
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:P.Dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk]
> > Sent: March-05-09 8:29 AM
> > To: John Fox
> > Cc: 'John Sorkin'; r-help at r-project.org
> > Subject: Re: [R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr
> >
> > John Fox wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > One fun prospect would be to integrate the "Ctext" widget as the
> > built-in script editor. Some assembly required though.
> >
> > 	-p
> >
> > > Regards,
> > >  John
> > >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org]
> > > On
> > >> Behalf Of John Sorkin
> > >> Sent: March-05-09 7:18 AM
> > >> To: r-help at r-project.org
> > >> Subject: [R] 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)
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