Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-29 Thread Leonard Mada
Hi. Indeed, there is still some time left before the students get allocated. Though I would like to have various issues already analysed before the actual coding starts (me already drawing a tough schedule for the students ;-) ). Some projects are OK when you simply start to write code and ref

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-29 Thread Kevin B. Hendricks
Hi, On Mar 29, 2007, at 8:55 AM, Erich Neuwirth wrote: > It is accessible at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00180-007-0023-6 > If you cannot access it, write to me, I will send you a copy. > > Currently, we are working on a cross-platform alternative to using > COM to connect the spread-sheet to R. Th

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-29 Thread Erich Neuwirth
Since I implemented the RExcel interface I also would like this discussion to be continued on r-devel or some other list where I can follow it. Let me add some thoughts: As Leonhard Mada suggested, probably the most needed connection between R and a spreadsheet program is a way to transfer datafr

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-29 Thread Barry Rowlingson
Kevin B. Hendricks wrote: > As I remember, I think someone has built an interface from Gnumeric > to R if I am not mistaken. That project if it is still alive might > provide a nice model of how to interface from a spreadsheet to R > without lots of GUI front end stuff being needed. As I r

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Leonard Mada
Many thanks for the many kind replies. It is very reassuring to have support from a strong community. Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > Hmm, if all you are interested is reading/writing Excel spreadsheets > from R, there are much lighter and easier ways of doing it, than > hooking up with openoffice. Th

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Kevin B. Hendricks
Hi, I would like to potentially become involved with this project. I am still learning about R-project internals but I have been digging around a lot in the internal R-code. That said, I am initimately familiar with OOo since I was involved as a volunteer for that project previously. I

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Marc Schwartz
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 17:25 +0200, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > Sean Davis wrote: > > On Wednesday 28 March 2007 06:25, Roger Bivand wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > >> > >>> Hmm, if all you are interested is reading/writing Excel spreadsheets > >>> from R, there are m

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Sean Davis wrote: > On Wednesday 28 March 2007 09:20, Stefan Zimmermann wrote: > >> Still didn't get the point, or missed the topic ? >> > > I had gotten the point, yes--just trying to be helpful. I'm sorry it wasn't > taken as such. > > Your reply was largely to the point. Excel and

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Dalgaard
Sean Davis wrote: > On Wednesday 28 March 2007 06:25, Roger Bivand wrote: > >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: >> >>> Hmm, if all you are interested is reading/writing Excel spreadsheets >>> from R, there are much lighter and easier ways of doing it, than >>> hooking up with openo

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
I beieve Leonard Mada intended to contact R-core, from his penultimate para (our address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I only see any point in discussing this on R-devel if some non-R-core-developer wishes to volunteer to help -- otherwise R-core will discuss this. On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Roger Bivand

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Sean Davis
On Wednesday 28 March 2007 09:20, Stefan Zimmermann wrote: > Still didn't get the point, or missed the topic ? I had gotten the point, yes--just trying to be helpful. I'm sorry it wasn't taken as such. Sean > It's OpenOffice.org and R not Excel and R, two totally different > products at leas

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Stefan Zimmermann
Still didn't get the point, or missed the topic ? It's OpenOffice.org and R not Excel and R, two totally different products at least from a philosophical standpoint. Not everybody is willing to pay license fee for Excel to be able to use R via a GUI. That's how the idea was born to integrate or b

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Sean Davis
On Wednesday 28 March 2007 06:25, Roger Bivand wrote: > On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > > Hmm, if all you are interested is reading/writing Excel spreadsheets > > from R, there are much lighter and easier ways of doing it, than > > hooking up with openoffice. The Perl people have had >

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Roger Bivand
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > Hmm, if all you are interested is reading/writing Excel spreadsheets > from R, there are much lighter and easier ways of doing it, than > hooking up with openoffice. The Perl people have had > Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel for years

Re: [Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-28 Thread Hin-Tak Leung
Hmm, if all you are interested is reading/writing Excel spreadsheets from R, there are much lighter and easier ways of doing it, than hooking up with openoffice. The Perl people have had Spreadsheet::ParseExcel and Spreadsheet::WriteExcel for years (and they work quite well, personal experience). T

[Rd] Bridging R to OpenOffice

2007-03-27 Thread Leonard Mada
Dear members of the R Development Team, I am looking for people with a deep understanding of R internals to assist in bridging R to OpenOffice. While R is a state of the art statistical environment, less experienced users often find it difficult to work with R. Therefore, I believe that a brid