-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/08/2010 12:29 AM, Paul Miller wrote: > Hello Everyone,
Hi Paul, > > 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. Different option to sweave: I am using org-mode in emacs. You have to get used to emacs, but then you have huge advantages (probably over sweave as well): 1) in emacs, you use ESS, the most useful R editor (personal opinion - no war vim versus emacs versus rkward versus ... intended) 2) your document, as in sweave, can be exported to LaTeX, but also to html and other formats 3) as in sweave, you can tangle your code, but not only that: org-mode (or more accurate the included org-babel) allows you to combine different programming language in your document (e.g. http://repo.or.cz/w/Worg.git/blob_plain/HEAD:/org-contrib/babel/examples/data-collection-analysis.org which combines ruby, R and gnuplot) last but not least, 4) org mode, apart from its use for literate programming, is a task manager, time manager, ... . Therefore you can easily include TODO items in your document, selectively show your all TODO items, kepp track of your time you spend on certain projects (usefull for consultancies but also simply to keep track what you are doing). Finally: it is no as difficult as it sounds, as you only have to know about the literate programming with org-babel, and then you can start. The rest will follow. Here is a link which gives an introduction to R in org-babel: http://blogisticreflections.wordpress.com/2010/05/23/introduction-to-using-r-with-org-babel-part-1/ and also http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-R.php See also http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/uses.php for a comparison between sweave and org-mode / org-babel. - From personal experience, org-mode has dramatically changed (and improved) the way I use R and how I write code (long simulation models). Cheers, Rainer > > 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. - -- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Centre of Excellence for Invasion Biology Natural Sciences Building Office Suite 2039 Stellenbosch University Main Campus, Merriman Avenue Stellenbosch South Africa Tel: +33 - (0)9 53 10 27 44 Cell: +27 - (0)8 39 47 90 42 Fax (SA): +27 - (0)8 65 16 27 82 Fax (D) : +49 - (0)3 21 21 25 22 44 Fax (FR): +33 - (0)9 58 10 27 44 email: rai...@krugs.de Skype: RMkrug -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkz/TqQACgkQoYgNqgF2egpPTwCfeDJrzhGI2U5nTM9N15QnCL/h k28An1XAw0nq1LTEgUwC0WaMSCM3lzt7 =OR5g -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ______________________________________________ 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.
