Dear Stefano,I'd like to bring to your attention that AlphaX can be easily used with R these days again. However, the information offered at
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/RMacOSX-FAQ.html#External-editorsis quite outdated. Please fix the information offered there under point 6.2 External editors as follows:
__________________________________R accepts the Apple Event command open. This means than an external editor can communicate with R sending portions or entire scripts of R code to execute via files. This is the approach used by the S+/R mode in Alpha X (see http://alphatcl.sourceforge.net/wiki/pmwiki.php/Software/AlphaX). This mode is quite powerful and supports in a convenient manner the writing and execution of R scripts from within AlphaX. Moreover, the mode is written in Tcl, can therefore be easily extended.
Which AlphaX to use? It is recommended to use the latest beta development release of AlphaX, since it contains a well working S+/R mode. However, if you prefer to use one of the stable releases of AlphaX (version 8.0.2), you need first to install a small fix for the S+/R mode to interact properly with the current generation of the R software. The fix is available at http://www.sysecol.ethz.ch/SimSoftware/SimSoftware2.html#S+R_Mode and hints on its use and installation are available at
http://alphatcl.sourceforge.net/wiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlphaXTkAndRInOSX. __________________________________I have omitted any html code from above text shown between two horizontal separating lines, i.e. I wrote it as it should appear. I hope you can modify the text on the web site accordingly.
Thanks for your help and cooperation. Sincerely yours, Andreas Fischlin -- ________________________________________________________________________ ETH Zurich Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischlin Systems Ecology - Institute of Integrative Biology CHN E 21.1 Universitaetstrasse 16 8092 Zurich SWITZERLAND [email protected] www.sysecol.ethz.ch +41 44 633-6090 phone +41 44 633-1136 fax Make it as simple as possible, but distrust it! ________________________________________________________________________ * *
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