Two more cents: pandoc support is in my todo list... But I don't have
the time actually.

On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Patrick Hausmann
<patrick.hausm...@uni-bremen.de> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> I am using Sweave and MiKTeX and the results are really impressive, but it's 
> often quite complicated (or impossible) to share the rnw-files with my 
> colleagues/clients. So it depends with/for whom you are working. Perhaps as 
> an alternative you could use a simpler markup format e.g. "Markdown" (with 
> the "ascii" package). To convert between different markup languages Pandoc 
> [1] looks very promising.
>
> HTH
> Patrick
>
> [1] http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc
>
> Am 08.12.2010 00:29, schrieb Paul Miller:
>
> Hello Everyone,
> �
> Been learning R over the past several months. Read several books and have 
> learned a great deal about data manipulation, statistical analysis, and 
> graphics.
> �
> Now I want to learn how to make nice looking documents and�about "literate 
> programming." My understanding is that R users normally do this using LaTeX, 
> MiKTeX, LyX, etc. in conjuction with Sweave.�An alternative might be to use 
> the R2wd package to create Word documents.
> �
> So I guess I have�four questions:
> �
> 1. How do I choose between the various options? Why would someone decide to 
> use LaTeX instead of MiKTeX or vice versa for example?
> �
> 2. What are the best sources of information about LaTeX, MiKTeX, LyX, etc.?
> �
> 3. What is the learning curve like for each of these? What do you get�for the 
> time you put in learning something that is more difficult?
> �
> 4. How do people who use LaTeX, MiKTeX, LyX, etc. share documents with people 
> who are just using Word? How difficult does using LaTeX, MiKTeX, LyX, etc. 
> make it to collaborate on projects with others?
> �
> Thanks,
> �
> Paul
>
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