Re: [R] OT(slightly) - Tracking extended projects

2007-07-24 Thread Heinz Tuechler
At 22:36 23.07.2007 +, D L McArthur wrote:
>James MacDonald  med.umich.edu> writes:
>
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Most of the analyses I do are short little once-and-done type things
that are 
>easily encapsulated in a .Rnw
>> file. However, I sometimes end up with projects that take an extended
amount 
>of time. Usually these
>> projects are not easily encapsulated in an .Rnw file, so I have been
using a 
>single .R file with lots of comments.
>> 
>> The problem with this approach is keeping track of what you have done and 
>what the results were. Once the .R
>> file gets to be a certain size, the comments aren't as useful, and I
find it 
>easy to get lost. I have to assume
>> that others have encountered this problem and hopefully have come up with 
>something more elegant.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>One possible choice is the intuitively structured approach of "Projects" in 
>Tinn-R (see http://www.sciviews.org/Tinn-R/).
> -- D L McArthur   ucla.edu>
>

Or, in case you use emacs and ESS you could find some hints at the ESS help
list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Look for "[ESS] hide function bodies"
and "[ESS] outline-minor-mode".

Heinz

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Re: [R] OT(slightly) - Tracking extended projects

2007-07-24 Thread D L McArthur
James MacDonald  med.umich.edu> writes:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Most of the analyses I do are short little once-and-done type things that are 
easily encapsulated in a .Rnw
> file. However, I sometimes end up with projects that take an extended amount 
of time. Usually these
> projects are not easily encapsulated in an .Rnw file, so I have been using a 
single .R file with lots of comments.
> 
> The problem with this approach is keeping track of what you have done and 
what the results were. Once the .R
> file gets to be a certain size, the comments aren't as useful, and I find it 
easy to get lost. I have to assume
> that others have encountered this problem and hopefully have come up with 
something more elegant.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jim
> 
One possible choice is the intuitively structured approach of "Projects" in 
Tinn-R (see http://www.sciviews.org/Tinn-R/).
 -- D L McArthur   ucla.edu>

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[R] OT(slightly) - Tracking extended projects

2007-07-23 Thread James MacDonald
Hi all,

Most of the analyses I do are short little once-and-done type things that are 
easily encapsulated in a .Rnw file. However, I sometimes end up with projects 
that take an extended amount of time. Usually these projects are not easily 
encapsulated in an .Rnw file, so I have been using a single .R file with lots 
of comments.

The problem with this approach is keeping track of what you have done and what 
the results were. Once the .R file gets to be a certain size, the comments 
aren't as useful, and I find it easy to get lost. I have to assume that others 
have encountered this problem and hopefully have come up with something more 
elegant.

Any suggestions?

Best,

Jim


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Biostatistician
Affymetrix and cDNA Microarray Core
University of Michigan Cancer Center
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