For the GUI-addicted people (partly including me), I think LyX + Sweave is an excellent choice. LyX is based on LaTeX; it can do almost anything that LaTeX can do, and it takes care of a lot of details when compiling a LaTeX document. The solution for embedding Sweave in LyX has been there for a long time, and recently I tried to automate the configuration so that beginners can hopefully get into this fantastic world more quickly. See the video in this post: http://yihui.name/en/2010/10/how-to-start-using-pgfsweave-in-lyx-in-one-minute/ (I recommend pgfSweave instead of Sweave, though.)
I did not answer your questions directly, but the video might give you an idea how easy it looks (well, only "looks" easy -- learning Sweave is unavoidable). Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie <xieyi...@gmail.com> Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Paul Miller <pjmiller...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Been learning R over the past several months. Read several books and have > learned a great deal about data manipulation, statistical analysis, and > graphics. > > Now I want to learn how to make nice looking documents and about "literate > programming." My understanding is that R users normally do this using LaTeX, > MiKTeX, LyX, etc. in conjuction with Sweave. An alternative might be to use > the R2wd package to create Word documents. > > So I guess I have four questions: > > 1. How do I choose between the various options? Why would someone decide to > use LaTeX instead of MiKTeX or vice versa for example? > > 2. What are the best sources of information about LaTeX, MiKTeX, LyX, etc.? > > 3. What is the learning curve like for each of these? What do you get for the > time you put in learning something that is more difficult? > > 4. How do people who use LaTeX, MiKTeX, LyX, etc. share documents with people > who are just using Word? How difficult does using LaTeX, MiKTeX, LyX, etc. > make it to collaborate on projects with others? > > Thanks, > > Paul > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
