On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Liviu Andronic <landronim...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Yihui Xie <x...@yihui.name> wrote: >> If the only goal is to edit R code externally, it is already possible >> with knitr: http://yihui.name/knitr/demo/externalization/ >> > I've tested this and the feature seems very useful (in a way, exactly > what I was looking for), but not immediately obvious for a new user. > Would you consider including a point on this in the Help Manuals > > Knitr? Perhaps even show off an example of external code in this > document?
We may publish another article to update Gregor Gorjanc's article on LyX/Sweave: http://www.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2008-1.pdf In the new article, we can introduce all new features since then; I discussed this with Greg and JMarc earlier last year, but we did not really work on it. Perhaps we do not need separate manuals for Sweave and knitr. I'll write a draft paper later today. > > >> And a general solution of sending program code to the terminal might >> be more useful. >> > But then I'm not sure that I understand what is the difference between > your original idea and my half-baked proposal. It seems to me that > such functionality would cover "sending program code to the terminal" > in a more general way. Yes I mean your proposal is more general. > > Cheers > Liviu Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie <xieyi...@gmail.com> Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA
