Successfully started and edited R code from gvim. Didn't realize that the plugin is only activated when editing .r files, D'oh!
...remember to READ the instructions Sean On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Sean Creekmore <[email protected]>wrote: > I checked out the links John suggested -- thanks John -- but I still can't > figure out how to start R in Vim. > > After taking the previously mentioned steps (installing Python), I've now > extracted all the files in vim-r-plugin-110805.zip file into my vimfiles > folder. > > Windows merged identical folders (e.g. the autoload, bitmap, ftplugin > folders that came with vim-r-plugin-110805.zip) and added a new folder > called r-plugin. > > So my C:\Users\Sean\vimfiles folder looks like this: > > └───vimfiles > ├───autoload > ├───bitmaps > ├───bundle > │ └───nerdtree > │ ├───doc > │ ├───nerdtree_plugin > │ └───plugin > ├───colors > │ └───plugin > ├───compiler > ├───doc > ├───ftdetect > ├───ftplugin > ├───indent > ├───keymap > ├───plugin > ├───r-plugin > └───syntax > > Still, nothing happens, aside from invoking the error bell, when I type \rf > (which is supposed to start R) in Vim. > > After extracting vim-r-plugin-110805.zip, does anybody know what I should > do next? > > > Sean > > > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 5:59 PM, John Beckett <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sean Creekmore wrote: >> > 2.) How do you "build the tags file for this document"? >> >> The command given at >> http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2628 >> >> looks correct, that is, run Vim and enter: >> >> :helptags ~\vimfiles\doc >> >> According to the list of files, one file is: >> doc/r-plugin.txt >> >> and you would need to have copied that file to ~/vimfiles/doc >> first. There is some info on ~ and $HOME at: >> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Filetype.vim >> >> Or, you could just read the file without the above. >> >> I don't know anything about R, but if you discover some info, >> you might like to contribute to these pages on the wiki (the >> first is linked at "Vim wiki" on the top of the script page): >> >> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Script:2628 >> http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Working_with_R_Project_for_Statistical_Computing >> >> John >> >> -- >> You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. >> Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. >> For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php >> > > > > -- > Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences > Louisiana State University > Baton Rouge, LA 70803 > -- Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803 -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
