On Sun, 8 Feb 2009, Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote:
I would really like to see a good introduction to Emacs, and will check out that link. I know that Emacs and ESS are supposed to be the best, and are the most customizable. The reason I put the R Commander GUI instead of Emacs/ESS is because in my first attempt to get R on Ubuntu Linux, I did successfully get Emacs/ESS working (sadly, I don't remember how exactly), but found it too frustrating. Again, I'm sure it's the best in the end, but here's what was driving me nuts: Copy/Paste is not Ctrl-c and Ctrl-v...I figured it out, but don't remember what it is.
That's optional -- you can set CUA if you like that (an item on the Options menu, at least in the Emacs version I looked at). But on an X11 interface, selecting copies and right-click pastes. (Beware, your Windows Manager may also have a separate clipboard.)
Entering a _ automatically creates a <-, and you must enter __ to get _.
That's optional (and I realy think should be off by default now _ as an addignment operator is ancient history). Add
(ess-toggle-underscore nil) to your .emacs.
There is no "stop" button (hopefully there is one in R Commander, haven't explored yet).
You'll soon find that buttons are slow compared to keystrokes.
It kept trying to establish a working directory, and was inconsistent in when it would accept what directory.
'It' being ESS, I guess, There is an ess-help list on which to discuss what you mean there.
I was also looking at the JGS GUI. Online screenshots look incredible, but I didn't go with it because it depends on Java, which is not open-source, and I'm really liking that philosophy, but to each his own.
I presume you mwan JGR. Lots of Java is Open Source, and I beieve JGR may run under OpenJDK.
Thanks for the link, I'm anxious to try to figure out Emacs/ESS. I'll go look at it now. Cheers.
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