On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 5:05 PM, January Weiner <january.wei...@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de> wrote: > 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, > For info, vim has plug-in for R.
> 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. > I see. This would be more of a hack, but you could use playwith as an external graphics device. Otherwise, there seems to be an easy hack: > x11() > plot(1:10) > 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? > This is a known issue and the RStudio devels plan to address this. Currently I simply open RStudio in $HOME (and make sure that there is no existent .RData there), then open the .RData from my project's directory (by clicking on it in the right-hand Files pane) and then in the same pane I hit More > Set as working dir. A bit cumbersome, but seems to work, and a small price to pay for all the available functionality. Regards Liviu > 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. > -- 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 ______________________________________________ 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.
