On Thu, 31 May 2007, Henric Nilsson wrote: > 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.
Our Windows-only users prefer both WinEdt and TeXnicCenter to WinShell. A few get on with Emacs/AucTeX, but not many. >> 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. > -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ 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.