Dear Liviu, thanks for the programming tip! However, I do all my editing in vim, which has had syntax highlighting for quite a while, as well as auto-completion and a number of other goodies. But while I do most of my programing in vim, I do most of my scientific studies simply using the R interface and keeping a manually edited "lab book" apart from the scripts. Clearly, one can do as much with Rstudio -- I just don't see any advantages, but I do see a disadvantage in my specific case: all sub-windows are confined to the "desktop". In other words, having multiple plots on one monitor and a terminal with R command line is not possible.
A question, though. Given that I have projects assorted in various directories, how can I start RStudio opening a project stored in .RData and .Rhistory of a given directory? I.e., how can I make RStudio open the current directory (like R does), and not $HOME? Thanks nonetheless, j. On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:48 PM, January Weiner > <january.wei...@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de> wrote: >> RStudio might be a fine program, but it does not feature syntax >> highlighting, which is the only thing I am missing from R Console (it >> only colors the commands typed). >> > The idea is that you shouldn't use the R console for you main > programming needs, but only for quick and dirty checks. For the bulk > of programming tasks you are invited to use the integrated editor > (File > New > Script). The editor window does feature syntax > highlighting, and a very helpful completion mechanism (via <tab>). > Sending lines for execution to the terminal is as easy as clicking > 'run lines' or ctrl+enter. If you're not a fan of keeping scripts for > your projects you can easily use temporary files that you don't save. > > >> Moreover, the very idea of squeezing >> all R windows into one "window-desktop" would be counterproductive in >> my particular case. >> > Notice that all panes are freely resizable and can be resized to the > point of becoming hidden. Future releases will give more control over > the panes layout (I think). > > Regards > Liviu > > >> Thank you anyways! >> >> j. >> >> >> >>> [1] http://alternativeto.net/software/rstudio/about >>> >>> Regards >>> Liviu >>> >>> >>>> I tried JGR, the GUI for R, but I have found the following problems >>>> with this package: >>>> >>>> - I was not able to change the background color from a repulsive grey, >>>> - apparently, GNU readline is not implemented in that package, that >>>> is, there is no functionality similar to ctrl-r (which searches >>>> through the history for matching commands), something I use >>>> frequently, and >>>> - tab expansion is of limited use (e.g. doesn't browse files in the >>>> current directory when expanding quoted arguments e.g. in >>>> "read.table"). >>>> >>>> All in all, I'd be happy to continue using the plain R console, but >>>> syntax highlighting would be nice. Any advice would be extremely >>>> welcome. >>>> >>>> Kind regards, >>>> >>>> January >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> sessionInfo() >>>> R version 2.12.2 (2011-02-25) >>>> Platform: i486-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit) >>>> >>>> locale: >>>> [1] LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C >>>> LC_TIME=en_US.utf8 LC_COLLATE=en_US.utf8 LC_MONETARY=C >>>> [6] LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8 LC_PAPER=en_US.utf8 LC_NAME=C >>>> LC_ADDRESS=C LC_TELEPHONE=C >>>> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.utf8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C >>>> >>>> attached base packages: >>>> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >>>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>>> PLEASE do read the posting guide >>>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >>>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Do you know how to read? >>> http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm >>> http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader >>> Do you know how to write? >>> http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -------- Dr. January Weiner 3 -------------------------------------- >> Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology >> Charitéplatz 1 >> D-10117 Berlin, Germany >> Web : www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de >> Tel : +49-30-28460514 >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > > > -- > Do you know how to read? > http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm > http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader > Do you know how to write? > http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail > -- -------- Dr. January Weiner 3 -------------------------------------- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Charitéplatz 1 D-10117 Berlin, Germany Web : www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de Tel : +49-30-28460514 ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
