[R] text editors

[Tobias Verbeke]

Sharpie wrote:
> 
> Dwayne Blind wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Do you use a text editor ? What would you recommend for Windows users ?
>> What
>> about Tinn-R ?
>>
>> Thank you very much,
>> Dwayne
>>
>>
> 
> Learning a text editor is a significant and very valuable investment of your
> time.  In order to maximize the return from this investment you will want to
> choose an editor that works well with all the languages and operating
> systems you currently use, as well as the ones you may use in the future.
> 
> For example, I spend an equal amount of time working on Windows, OS X and
> Linux.  There are a ton of great Windows-only editors out there, but they
> aren't a good option for me because I only use windows 1/3 of the time I'm
> at a computer.
> 
> Some good editors I know of that fall into this category are Emacs, Vim and
> Eclipse.  For integrating with R, Emacs has the ESS plug-in and Eclipse has
> an extension called StatET.
> 
> Eclipse is a rather large in terms of file size compared to Emacs or Vim--
> also I know Emacs and Vim can be used through a ssh connection.  I'm not
> sure about Eclipse as I haven't used it much.  

For the record: it is perfectly possible to configure an 'R Remote
Console' in StatET which will launch R over an SSH connection. You can
then disconnect from /reconnect to an R session on server etc.

Best,
Tobias

> This is important because if
> you happen to be stuck on a computer that is locked down and doesn't have
> your editor of choice installed there is still a chance that you will be
> able to use ssh to reach a computer that does.
> 
> Personally, I use Vim and have found it just fine for my needs.
> 
> 
> ESS: http://ess.r-project.org/
> StatET:
> http://www.walware.de/?page=/;jsessionid=b4d82261e53bd419d41609155e9e
> 
> -Charlie