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.