You can not type _anything_ into Rstudio if you connect to it on the ipad. In other words, Rstudio is not currently usable on the ipad. Hadley
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:08 PM, John Sorkin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hadley, > First, thank you for replying to my question. Are you saying that the iPad > browser will not allow me to type the character string :/ into a browser > window? I am not sure exactly what you are trying to tell me. Please forgive > my lack of insight! Can you explain a but further? > Do you have any suggestions for a solution that will allow me to access R on > my iPad? > John > > > John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. > Professor of Medicine > Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics > University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and > Geriatric Medicine > Baltimore VA Medical Center > 10 North Greene Street > GRECC (BT/18/GR) > Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 > (Phone) 410-605-7119 > (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) >>>> Hadley Wickham <[email protected]> 4/11/2014 6:01 PM >>> > > Even if you do get Rstudio running on a server, unfortunately it won't > help. The ipad doesn't support quite enough html to get a fully > functional Rstudio interface - almost everything works but you can't > type anything :/ It would be possible to fix this, but fundamentally > we don't believe that the Rstudio interface is the right choice for an > ipad. > > Hadley > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 5:00 PM, John Sorkin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I bemoan the fact that I can not run R or Rstudio on my iPad. A possible >> work around would be to set up a server (probably under Linux), and get the >> server to present a web page that to would allow me to run R on the server. >> I have searched the web for a clear, simple answer on how to do this but can >> not find one. There are answers, but not for someone who has not built a >> Linux server. Can someone provide either a reference to, or a short >> explanation of how I can build the server, get R or RStudio to run on it, >> and get the server and its R or RStudio program available to me on my iPad? >> I can probably find guidance on how to build an Apache server under Linux. >> Thank you, >> John >> >> >> >> >> John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. >> Professor of Medicine >> Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics >> University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology and >> Geriatric Medicine >> Baltimore VA Medical Center >> 10 North Greene Street >> GRECC (BT/18/GR) >> Baltimore, MD 21201-1524 >> (Phone) 410-605-7119 >> (Fax) 410-605-7913 (Please call phone number above prior to faxing) >> >> Confidentiality Statement: >> This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the >> intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged >> information. Any unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is >> prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the >> sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. >> >> ______________________________________________ >> [email protected] 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. >> > > > > -- > http://had.co.nz/ > > > Confidentiality Statement: > > This email message, including any attachments, is for ...{{dropped:11}} ______________________________________________ [email protected] 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.

