The executable is in case of knitr always Rscript. On a mac it is simply Rscript on windows it is Rscript.exe. This should be on your PATH. If you are not sure, open the Mac Terminal and type Rscript --version. If it does not say "Command not found" all is fine.
Best Simon On Jul 18, 2013, at 10:09 PM, C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/85154/knitr-with-texworks/85165#85165 > > In step 3: "add the executable file (step 3)". > > What is the executable file? Locate package knitr directory path in R? > > Mike > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:56 PM, C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Actually, I see it at the bottom. Sorry! >> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:44 PM, C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Simon, >>> I am on OS X Lion, I have TeXworks, I don't have knitr as an option. >>> >>> How do I install that into TeXworks? Seems like I have to something >>> in terminal? >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Simon Zehnder <szehn...@uni-bonn.de> wrote: >>>> Hi Mike, >>>> >>>> I found my way with this little blog: http://yihui.name/knitr/demo/editors/ >>>> >>>> The .Rnw files are created very well in a Latex editor. Everything else >>>> can be easily googled. The command via knitr::knit2pdf works very fine if >>>> you use the chunks. If you are trying to compile an Rtex file, this I do >>>> not know either (I like the symbols though in for example >>>> https://github.com/yihui/knitr-examples/blob/master/005-latex.Rtex). But >>>> the .Rnw files are compiled pretty nice in e.g. texmaker, as described in >>>> the blog. Use for example this source file: >>>> https://github.com/yihui/knitr/blob/master/inst/examples/knitr-minimal.Rnw >>>> >>>> >>>> Hope this helps >>>> >>>> >>>> Best >>>> >>>> Simon >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jul 18, 2013, at 8:52 PM, C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> How do you create a .Rnw file, in R or LaTex? I don't think any >>>>> tutorial mentions it. >>>>> >>>>> btw, I am very new to the terms like markdown, so I don't understand >>>>> "markdown to HTML". >>>>> >>>>> I am reading here http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/wiki/Main/KnitrHowto >>>>> that you need to compile at terminal. I do not know terminal, is >>>>> there other ways? >>>>> >>>>> Could you do a video on just "simple" R? I have seen 3 videos on R >>>>> Studio including yours. >>>>> >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Yihui Xie <x...@yihui.name> wrote: >>>>>> I'm not sure what your question really is. You do not have to use >>>>>> RStudio, but it will be much easier to get started with RStudio, >>>>>> because it does a lot of automatic conversion behind the scenes (e.g. >>>>>> tex to PDF, markdown to HTML, ...). If you want a "pure" solution >>>>>> without any text editor support, the answer is >>>>>> >>>>>> library(knitr) >>>>>> knit('your_input_file') >>>>>> >>>>>> For example, knit('foo.Rnw') gives you foo.tex; if you are familiar >>>>>> with LaTeX, you can mess with this foo.tex now (outside of R). >>>>>> >>>>>> Minimal examples for different document formats are at >>>>>> http://yihui.name/knitr/demo/minimal/ (you must have read this page), >>>>>> and more examples at https://github.com/yihui/knitr-examples >>>>>> >>>>>> If you are asking about the internals of knitr, "Luke, use the >>>>>> source": https://github.com/yihui/knitr Or for a more comprehensive >>>>>> introduction, see http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781482203530 >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Yihui >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Yihui Xie <xieyi...@gmail.com> >>>>>> Phone: 206-667-4385 Web: http://yihui.name >>>>>> Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 11:13 AM, C W <tmrs...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am using package knitr, FIRST TIME. I don't have access to RStudio. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Read through Yihui's page, didn't find it helpful. Stuck on terms >>>>>>> Rnw, GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown). Never used Sweave, so the >>>>>>> reference is not helping. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there a simple step-by-step example WITHOUT RStudio? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My question: >>>>>>> What is the procedure? The documentation explains the functions, but >>>>>>> does not say how to operate between R and LaTex. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mike >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> 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. >>>> ______________________________________________ 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.
