Thank you much for the help, I will work on this over the weekend. Is there a way in Windows to connect R and Cream?
Jakson Alves de Aquino wrote: > > > As pointed by JiHO the biggest disadvantage of using the plugin is that > R is running through a pipe and consequently it is less interactive. > Just a note: there is no need of <Esc> before <F9>. Almost all key > bindings work in insert, normal and visual modes. > > The last version of the plugin allows the user to set the terminal > emulator in the vimrc and now all key bindings are customizable. The > details are in the plugin's documentation. > > Please write, to me if you find bugs in the plugin. > > Jakson > > JiHO wrote: >> On 2009-May-23 , at 17:40 , Paul Heinrich Dietrich wrote: >> >>> I'm interested in easing my way into learning VIM by first using the >>> Cream >>> text editor, liking the idea that it will work on both my Linux and >>> Windows >>> computers. I've installed Cream on my Linux machine, but can't figure >>> out >>> how to make Cream talk to R? Does anybody know? I'm using Ubuntu if it >>> makes a difference. Thanks. >> >> You should install the R Vim Plugin and its dependencies: >> http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2628 >> This creates commands and icons dedicated to the interaction between Vim >> and R. >> >> >> Then switch cream Settings > Preferences > Expert Mode. >> >> This will allow you to work in Cream and have all the simple keyboard >> shortcuts (Control-C, Control-V etc.) but still be able to switch >> between modes as in vim. By default you are in insert mode. You need to >> switch to normal mode (by pressing ESC) to be able to use the commands >> of the R-Vim plugin. >> >> The workflow is therefore: >> - open a R file >> - edit stuff >> - press ESC (to switch to non-edit mode) >> - start R in a terminal (click the icon or press F2) >> - send lines/selection (F9) or document (F5) >> - press ESC (to switch back to insert mode) >> - edit 2 lines >> - ESC >> - F9 >> - F9 >> - ESC >> - edit again >> etc... >> >> The terminal opened this way does not work completely as a regular one >> and there are some caveats when reading help and using general command >> line editing shortcuts (Ctrl-R for backward search for example). I >> haven't found a way around them so I usually open a second terminal to >> read the help in, or set R to display the help as HTML files in a >> browser window. >> >> I must say that those caveats can be quite serious and I often find >> myself just using copy-paste from gedit in a terminal: >> - set your desktop to "focus follow mouse" >> - select text in your editor >> - move the mouse to the terminal >> - click middle mouse button >> - move the mouse back to the editor >> etc... >> More cumbersome but reliable. >> >> Final note: since you are on ubuntu, you may want to change the terminal >> from the default X-term to gnome-terminal. You have to edit the file >> .vim/ftplugin/r.vim. There is a line commented with the gnome-terminal >> command instead of xterm. Uncomment this one and comment the xterm one. >> >> JiHO >> --- >> http://jo.irisson.free.fr/ > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cream-Text-Editor-tp23688559p23692419.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ 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.