Syntax coloring in R console
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:48 PM, January Weiner
<january.weiner at mpiib-berlin.mpg.de> wrote:
RStudio might be a fine program, but it does not feature syntax highlighting, which is the only thing I am missing from R Console (it only colors the commands typed).
The idea is that you shouldn't use the R console for you main programming needs, but only for quick and dirty checks. For the bulk of programming tasks you are invited to use the integrated editor (File > New > Script). The editor window does feature syntax highlighting, and a very helpful completion mechanism (via <tab>). Sending lines for execution to the terminal is as easy as clicking 'run lines' or ctrl+enter. If you're not a fan of keeping scripts for your projects you can easily use temporary files that you don't save.
Moreover, the very idea of squeezing all R windows into one "window-desktop" would be counterproductive in my particular case.
Notice that all panes are freely resizable and can be resized to the point of becoming hidden. Future releases will give more control over the panes layout (I think). Regards Liviu
Thank you anyways! j.
[1] http://alternativeto.net/software/rstudio/about Regards Liviu
I tried JGR, the GUI for R, but I have found the following problems with this package: - I was not able to change the background color from a repulsive grey, - apparently, GNU readline is not implemented in that package, that is, there is no functionality similar to ctrl-r (which searches through the history for matching commands), something I use frequently, and - tab expansion is of limited use (e.g. doesn't browse files in the current directory when expanding quoted arguments e.g. in "read.table"). All in all, I'd be happy to continue using the plain R console, but syntax highlighting would be nice. Any advice would be extremely welcome. Kind regards, January
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