Tim Howard wrote: > dear all - > > I currently use Tinn-R as my text editor to work with code that I submit to > R, with some output dumped to text files, some images dumped to pdf. (system: > Windows 2K and XP, R 2.4.1 and R 2.5). We are using R for overnight runs to > create large output data files for GIS, but then I need simple output reports > for analysis results for each separate data set. Thus, I create many reports > of the same style, but just based on different input data. > > I am recognizing that I need a better reporting system, so that I can create > clean reports for each separate R run. This obviously means using Sweave and > some implementation of LaTex, both of which are new to me. I've installed > MikTex and successfully completed a demo or two for creating pdfs from raw > LaTeX. > > It appears that if I want to ease my entry into the world of LaTeX, I might > need to switch editors to something like Emacs (I read somewhere that Emacs > helps with the TeX markup?). After quite a while wallowing at the Emacs site, > I am finding that ESS is well integrated with R and might be the way to go. > Aaaagh... I'm in way over my head! >
If you are used to Windows, you might find the shareware editors WinEdt or Textpad more familiar. WinEdt has advantages of lots of LaTeX integration. Duncan Murdoch > My questions: > > What, in your opinion, is the simplest way to integrate text and graphics > reports into a single report such as a pdf file. > > If the answer to this is LaTeX and Sweave, is it difficult to use a text > editor such as Tinn-R or would you strongly recommend I leave behind Tinn and > move over to an editor that has more LaTeX help? > > In reading over Friedrich Leisch's "Sweave User Manual" (v 1.6.0) I am > beginning to think I can do everything I need with my simple editor. Before > spending many hours going down that path, I thought it prudent to ask the R > community. > > It is likely I am misunderstanding some of the process here and any > clarifications are welcome. > > Thank you in advance for any thoughts. > Tim Howard > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] 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. > ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.
