I agree the built-in editor works well. I’ll add that I work entirely in Textmate.
In addition to the built-in editor’s features such as command execution, it offers Flexible execution (run in R.app; run in a daemon, return to clipboard, return to this document, return as tool-tip etc Snippets (your own tab-completable smart-typing function insertion) Commands: convert a list of numbers to an Rvector or matrix; drop-down menu for par() parameters (cmd-;)… the list is endless and incredibly helpful Code-folding (so you can collapse long function etc. Wide choice of syntax highlighting schemes On 26 Jan 2011, at 8:27 PM, Andrew Beckerman wrote: > Kristina > > The mac installation of R comes with a brilliant script editor built right in. > > Just start R, choose file->new to open a script and you are away. > > There is line numbering, coloured context for functions etc, smart brackets > and quotes and keystrokes to send the code you select to the console: > > cmd+return to send selected text or the line you are on. > > You've got all you need to get started quickly (and perhaps all you need), > courtesy of the excellent development team for the mac. > > Good luck. > Andrew > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Dr. Andrew Beckerman > Department of Animal and Plant Sciences > University of Sheffield > Sheffield S10 2TN > UK > > [email protected] > http://www.beckslab.staff.shef.ac.uk > > > > On 26 Jan 2011, at 20:16, Kristina Krsteva wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have never used R before and I need to use it for a time series graduate >> course AND i have a mac. I know tinn-R is a great text editor for R that >> works on Windows but is there anything comparable to it for a Mac? I have >> read multiple threads and my current findings are that there is really >> nothing like tinn-R for a mac and that TextMate comes close (but >> unfortunately this costs), some have said that they like the internal editor >> as well. I would like to use a more "user-friendly" editor, if possible, and >> I've been searching for hours now trying to figure out what to download and >> start learning, until I stumbled upon this mailing list and was wondering if >> someone could guide me and tell me what would be the most feasible option >> for an editor and save me some time:) >> >> Thank you so much, >> k >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > cheers, tim Timothy Bates Professor of Individual Differences in Psychology University of Edinburgh 7 George Square EH8 9JZ +44.131 651 1945 -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
