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Thanks again. Kevin --- Kasper Daniel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As several people have replied, Emacs is by far the > preferred choice > for most serious R developers. Using the ESS package > with Emacs > provides you with an interface to R which goes > beyond just syntax > highlightning. An example (which Simon has already > described): you > can press a key combination to start looking up in > the help system. > Typing plot. and pressing TAB will then give you > alist of help pages > for functions starting with plot. amongst the loaded > packages. This > is extremely useful. There are other features such > as the ability to > send a single line of code or a single function to R > (instead of > sourcing the whole script). For package writes there > are also nice > modes for .Rd files and (in case you use it) saved > transcript files > (you can eg. say you entire transcript from an R > session and remove > all the output, leaving only the commands as a > sourcable R script.). > Ess supports Sweave documents as well. > > Emacs has other advantages: > * it is truly cross-platform, a big advantage if you > are also using > *NIX servers and/or windows > * it supports basically any kind of language out > there, so if you > write in a set of different language, it makes sense > to use a single > editor > * One small lifesaver for statisticians (and > others): it supports > rectangular cut and paste: imagine being able to cut > out a column > from a table... > > Other editors does the same, but the functionality > of the ESS package > is to my knowledge not present in any other editor, > making Emacs a > first choice for R users. > > Having said all of that, Emacs is a big program > (which btw. is older > than dos), with some learning curve. It will take > you a long time > before you feel totally at home in it. And you will > spend the first > couple of months cursing about the strange key > combinations and the > small quirks. So do not even think of using it > unless you plan to do > more than write 10 lines of R code. > > As Jan has said: you do not in any way need to run > X11 to run Emacs, > although it makes sense to use x11 to plot graphics. > > Other people have suggested other editors for the > causal user. > > /Kasper > > On Dec 5, 2005, at 2:07 PM, Hai Lin wrote: > > > Hi R-Mac users: > > > > I am using R in Mac OS 10.3.8 and I am trying to > find an editor > > which is compatible with R in Mac. I recently > bumped into Xcode for > > a few times in Mac when I directly opened scripts. > Would Xcode be a > > good editor to learn? Are there a lot people use > it? > > > > I don't know what you use to edit your files. > Can you recommend? > > > > Thanks for any information. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > > Single? There's someone we'd like you to meet. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > R-SIG-Mac mailing list > > R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac