Den To, 2007-05-31, 09:01 skrev Martin Maechler: >>>>>> "Jared" == Jared O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> on Thu, 31 May 2007 11:28:11 +0800 writes: > > Jared> Winshell (http://www.winshell.de/) is another (free) option if > you want a > Jared> Windows editor with good MikTEX integration. > > Looks like it. > Note however that the above "free" is only as in "free beer" not > as in "free speech". > In other words, Winshell is *not* 'Free Software' / 'Software > Libre' nor is it Open Source Software.
Not that I use it myself (since I'm convinced that Emacs is the way to go), but TeXnicCenter (http://www.texniccenter.org/) is probably a good GPL'd alternative to WinShell. HTH, Henric > > Tinn-R, as R itself, *is* "Free Software" > (and Emacs and ESS and (La)TeX are too). > > Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich > > Jared> On 5/31/07, Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Tim Howard wrote: > >> > dear all - > >> > > >> > I currently use Tinn-R as my text editor to work with code that I > submit > >> to R, with some output dumped to text files, some images dumped to > pdf. > >> (system: Windows 2K and XP, R 2.4.1 and R 2.5). We are using R for > >> overnight runs to create large output data files for GIS, but then > I need > >> simple output reports for analysis results for each separate data > set. Thus, > >> I create many reports of the same style, but just based on > different input > >> data. > >> > > >> > I am recognizing that I need a better reporting system, so that I > can > >> create clean reports for each separate R run. This obviously means > using > >> Sweave and some implementation of LaTex, both of which are new to > me. I've > >> installed MikTex and successfully completed a demo or two for > creating pdfs > >> from raw LaTeX. > >> > > >> > It appears that if I want to ease my entry into the world of > LaTeX, I > >> might need to switch editors to something like Emacs (I read > somewhere that > >> Emacs helps with the TeX markup?). After quite a while wallowing at > the > >> Emacs site, I am finding that ESS is well integrated with R and > might be the > >> way to go. Aaaagh... I'm in way over my head! > >> > > >> > >> If you are used to Windows, you might find the shareware editors > WinEdt > >> or Textpad more familiar. WinEdt has advantages of lots of LaTeX > >> integration. > >> > >> Duncan Murdoch > >> > My questions: > >> > > >> > What, in your opinion, is the simplest way to integrate text and > >> graphics reports into a single report such as a pdf file. > >> > > >> > If the answer to this is LaTeX and Sweave, is it difficult to use > a text > >> editor such as Tinn-R or would you strongly recommend I leave > behind Tinn > >> and move over to an editor that has more LaTeX help? > >> > > >> > In reading over Friedrich Leisch's "Sweave User Manual" (v 1.6.0) > I am > >> beginning to think I can do everything I need with my simple > editor. Before > >> spending many hours going down that path, I thought it prudent to > ask the R > >> community. > >> > > >> > It is likely I am misunderstanding some of the process here and > any > >> clarifications are welcome. > >> > > >> > Thank you in advance for any thoughts. > >> > Tim Howard > >> > > >> > ______________________________________________ > >> > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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@stat.math.ethz.ch 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. > >> > > Jared> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > Jared> ______________________________________________ > Jared> R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > Jared> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > Jared> PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > Jared> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible > code. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.