[R] Help with connection issue for R (just joined, leading R for our agency)

[Jan van der Laan]

Alejandra,

If it was initially working ok, I would first check with the IT 
department if there has been a change to the configuration of the 
firewall, virus scanners, file system etc. as these can affect the 
performance of R-studio. R-studio uses a client-server setup on your 
machine, so a firewall/malware scanner inspecting all communication 
between R-studio and the R session can have a large effect. If  you 
can't find the problem, you are probably better of asking at the 
R-studio fora. A similar question was asked a while back: 
https://community.rstudio.com/t/rstudio-suddenly-slow-processing/4959; 
perhaps some of the solutions proposed also work for you.

As an alternative to Emacs/R-studio you could also have a look at visual 
studio code. It has a R-plugin. If your organisation is microsoft 
oriented there might already be a chance that it is available. You need 
a relatively recent version though.

HTH,
Jan




On 14-12-2020 12:54, Michael Dewey wrote:
> Just to add to Petr's comment there are other basic editors with syntax 
> highlighting like Notepad++ which are also OK if you want a fairly 
> minimalist approach.
> 
> Michael
> 
> On 14/12/2020 08:16, PIKAL Petr wrote:
>> Hallo Alejandra
>>
>> Although RStudio and ESS could help with some automation (each with 
>> its own
>> way), using R alone is not a big problem, especially if you are not 
>> familiar
>> with Emacs basics and perceiving RStudio issues. I use R with simple
>> external editor - it could be notepad but I could recommend TINN-R
>>
>> https://sourceforge.net/projects/tinn-r/
>>
>> which has syntax highlighting and works smoothly if R is console is 
>> set to
>> multiple windows. It is also quite easy to manage.
>>
>> Good luck with R.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Petr
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: R-help <r-help-bounces using r-project.org> On Behalf Of Alejandra 
>>> Barrio
>>> Gorski
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 7:48 PM
>>> To: R-help using r-project.org
>>> Subject: [R] Help with connection issue for R (just joined, leading R 
>>> for
>> our
>>> agency)
>>>
>>> Dear fellow R users,
>>>
>>> Greetings, I am new to this list. I joined because I am pioneering 
>>> the use
>> of R
>>> for the agency I work for. I essentially work alone and would like to
>> reach
>>> out for help on an issue I have been having. Here it is:
>>>
>>>     - From one day to the next, my RStudio does not execute commands 
>>> when
>>> I
>>>     press ctrl + enter. Nothing happens, and then after a few minutes 
>>> out
>> of
>>>     nowhere, it runs everything at once. This makes it very hard to 
>>> do my
>> work.
>>>     - I tried uninstalling and re-installing both R and Rstudio, but the
>>>     error comes up again. I tested commands on my R program alone, 
>>> and it
>>> works
>>>     fine there. It could be the way that Rstudio connects to R.
>>>     - I am on a Windows 10 computer. I work for a government agency so
>>> there
>>>     may be a few firewall/virus protection issues.
>>>
>>> I would love any pointers.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Alejandra
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> *Alejandra Barrio*
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>>> MPP | M.A., International and Area Studies University of California,
>> Berkeley
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