Dear Paul, I haven't read everything in this thread, but have a couple of comments relative to using the R Commander:
> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r-project.org] On > Behalf Of Paul Heinrich Dietrich > Sent: February-08-09 9:08 AM > To: r-help@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R] installing R on Ubuntu > > > I would really like to see a good introduction to Emacs, and will check out > that link. I know that Emacs and ESS are supposed to be the best, and are > the most customizable. The reason I put the R Commander GUI instead of > Emacs/ESS is because in my first attempt to get R on Ubuntu Linux, I did > successfully get Emacs/ESS working (sadly, I don't remember how exactly), > but found it too frustrating. Again, I'm sure it's the best in the end, but > here's what was driving me nuts: The R Commander isn't meant to be a serious programming editor, but rather a basic-statistics GUI. I think that you'll find it disappointing as an editor. > > Copy/Paste is not Ctrl-c and Ctrl-v...I figured it out, but don't remember > what it is. > Entering a _ automatically creates a <-, and you must enter __ to get _. > There is no "stop" button (hopefully there is one in R Commander, haven't > explored yet). There is no "stop" button in the Rcmdr; having one isn't be a bad idea, but I'm not sure how I could implement it in a platform-independent manner (or even, frankly, in a platform-dependent manner). Perhaps someone has a suggestion for doing that. Regards, John > It kept trying to establish a working directory, and was inconsistent in > when it would accept what directory. > > I was also looking at the JGS GUI. Online screenshots look incredible, but > I didn't go with it because it depends on Java, which is not open-source, > and I'm really liking that philosophy, but to each his own. > > Thanks for the link, I'm anxious to try to figure out Emacs/ESS. I'll go > look at it now. Cheers. > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/installing-R-on-Ubuntu- > tp10025949p21899227.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org 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@r-project.org 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.
