[R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread January Weiner
Dear all, I am a happy user of R console, but I would like to see syntax coloring. I use R 2.12 in Ubuntu Linux. I have found the packages xterm256 and highlight, but I was not able to figure out how to use it to highlight the syntax in console output. Also, I tried several GUI interfaces, but

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread Steve_Friedman
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Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
Hello On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:32 PM, January Weiner january.wei...@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de wrote: I have found the packages xterm256 and highlight, but I was not able to figure out how to use it to highlight the syntax in console output. I've been in this position before, without finding a

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread January Weiner
Recently RStudio was introduced [1] and, although beta, it received quasi-unanimous acclaim from the community, so you risk finding it useful too. Dear Liviu, RStudio might be a fine program, but it does not feature syntax highlighting, which is the only thing I am missing from R Console (it

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread ONKELINX, Thierry
a given body of data. ~ John Tukey -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] Namens January Weiner Verzonden: vrijdag 1 april 2011 15:48 Aan: r-h...@stat.math.ethz.ch Onderwerp: Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:48 PM, January Weiner january.wei...@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de wrote: RStudio might be a fine program, but it does not feature syntax highlighting, which is the only thing I am missing from R Console (it only colors the commands typed). The idea is that you shouldn't use the

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread Joshua Wiley
Dear January, Have you looked at Emacs + ESS? http://ess.r-project.org/ It highlights in the text editor and the actual R process besides coming with a rich set of features and a mailing list filled with helpful Emacs R users. I've tried several different interfaces and ended up being

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread Alexander Engelhardt
Am 01.04.2011 17:02, schrieb Joshua Wiley: Dear January, Have you looked at Emacs + ESS? http://ess.r-project.org/ It highlights in the text editor and the actual R process besides coming with a rich set of features and a mailing list filled with helpful Emacs R users. I've tried several

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread January Weiner
Dear Liviu, thanks for the programming tip! However, I do all my editing in vim, which has had syntax highlighting for quite a while, as well as auto-completion and a number of other goodies. But while I do most of my programing in vim, I do most of my scientific studies simply using the R

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread Bert Gunter
Please move this thread off r-help. It's about Rstudio, not R. -- Bert On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 8:05 AM, January Weiner january.wei...@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de wrote: Dear Liviu, thanks for the programming tip! However, I do all my editing in vim, which has had syntax highlighting for quite a

Re: [R] Syntax coloring in R console

2011-04-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 5:05 PM, January Weiner january.wei...@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de wrote: Dear Liviu, thanks for the programming tip! However, I do all my editing in vim, which has had syntax highlighting for quite a while, as well as auto-completion and a number of other goodies. But while I