Dear John, If you tell me what you want to happen, I'll consider it when I next make substantial revisions to the package in the summer. I'm still sceptical about using the Rcmdr as a programming editor; among other things, it doesn't provide a true R console.
Regards, John > -----Original Message----- > From: John Sorkin [mailto:jsor...@grecc.umaryland.edu] > Sent: March-05-09 11:34 AM > To: 'Peter Dalgaard'; John Fox > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: RE: [R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr > > Peter, > I see that you do not think Rcmdr should be used to as a program editor > for R code. I understand that modifying Rmcdr to make it an editor would > be an enormous undertaking, nevertheless, having a program editor that > works with Rcmdr would be a wonderful addition to what is already an > outstanding package. It would be nice to know that my R code was > automatically formatted as I enter it into Rcmdr. > John > > John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. > Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics > University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology > 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) > > >>> "John Fox" <j...@mcmaster.ca> 3/5/2009 11:18 AM >>> > Dear Peter, > > I've resisted trying to make the script window a full-fledged editor > but it's been moving in that direction (right-click context menu, line > wrapping, etc). I don't think that the Ctext widget is currently > provided via the tcltk package. I still think that people who want a > real programming editor are better off not using the Rcmdr for that > purpose. > > Best, > John > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Dalgaard [mailto:p.dalga...@biostat.ku.dk] > > Sent: March-05-09 8:29 AM > > To: John Fox > > Cc: 'John Sorkin'; r-help@r-project.org > > Subject: Re: [R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr > > > > John Fox wrote: > > > Dear John, > > > > > > I'm not entirely sure what you have in mind. Any editor or IDE > that > > > communicates with the R process and is compatible with the tcltk > package > > > will work in parallel with the Rcmdr. That is, when you submit R > code from > > > the editor, it will go directly to R and not to the Rcmdr script > window. > > > > One fun prospect would be to integrate the "Ctext" widget as the > > built-in script editor. Some assembly required though. > > > > -p > > > > > Regards, > > > John > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org > [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] > > > On > > >> Behalf Of John Sorkin > > >> Sent: March-05-09 7:18 AM > > >> To: r-help@r-project.org > > >> Subject: [R] R editor that will work with Rcmdr > > >> > > >> R 2.8.1 > > >> Windows XP > > >> Fedora Linux. > > >> > > >> I would like a suggestion for an editor that will help format my R > code > > > that > > >> can be used with Rcmdr. Is there anything I need to know about > running or > > >> installing an editor when using Rcmdr? I run R on both Windows and > Linux > > >> (Fedora). > > >> Thank you, > > >> John > > >> > > >> > > >> John David Sorkin M.D., Ph.D. > > >> Chief, Biostatistics and Informatics > > >> University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Gerontology > > >> 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 > ...{{dropped:10}} > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > 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. > > > > > > -- > > O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Ă˜ster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B > > c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K > > (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) > 35327918 > > ~~~~~~~~~~ - (p.dalga...@biostat.ku.dk) FAX: (+45) > 35327907 > > > > > Confidentiality Statement: > This email message, including any attachments, is for ...{{dropped:7}} ______________________________________________ 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.