Dear R development Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases. At the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my needs. By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like. It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there. I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained. At the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases. Best John Warner John H. Warner, PhD, MBA Director, Biostatistics CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation 155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ, 08540 (609) 945-9644: office (609) 751-7345: cell (609) 452-2160: fax john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org>
Changing fonts in the standard R editor
13 messages · John Warner, Bert Gunter, Ebert,Timothy Aaron +5 more
On 2025-09-18 12:19 p.m., John Warner wrote:
Dear R development Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases. At the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my needs. By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like. It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there. I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained. At the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases.
John: You mention notepad, so I assume you're working on Windows. But there are several possible editors you could be using there. Are you running Rgui.exe and using the built in editor? Or RStudio? Or something else? I'm not on Windows, so I can't recommend the best editor to use, but there are multiple choices possible. Duncan Murdoch
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available. Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development Team
I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been
using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it
except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change the font
in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be possible and would
like it to be brought back in future releases. At the moment I have many R
command files with font sizes that suit my needs. By copying these and
renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like. It also seems to
work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there. I can
then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained. At
the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain
possible in any new releases.
Best
John Warner
John H. Warner, PhD, MBA
Director, Biostatistics
CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation
155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200
Princeton, NJ, 08540
(609) 945-9644: office
(609) 751-7345: cell
(609) 452-2160: fax
john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org>
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In RStudio there is the "View" tab at the top, and within that there is "Zoom in" and "Zoom out". I like RStudio enough that I have not explored other options, and I do not have abundant time to make the exploration. RStudio does what I need, so I move on. Tim -----Original Message----- From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of Duncan Murdoch Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 2:54 PM To: John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org>; r-help at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Changing fonts in the standard R editor [External Email]
On 2025-09-18 12:19 p.m., John Warner wrote:
Dear R development Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases. At the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my needs. By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like. It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there. I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained. At the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases.
John: You mention notepad, so I assume you're working on Windows. But there are several possible editors you could be using there. Are you running Rgui.exe and using the built in editor? Or RStudio? Or something else? I'm not on Windows, so I can't recommend the best editor to use, but there are multiple choices possible. Duncan Murdoch ______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide https://www.r-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
I am on windows. In the R editor that comes with the R installation I can go to the "Edit" menu and thence to the "GUI preferences" at the bottom of the drop down. I get a pop up (that I cannot show) and there is a "Font" section that allows you to change font, and size, and style. Size options go up to 36 point font, but have many smaller options. The apply button at the bottom lets me see the results without closing the window. Tim -----Original Message----- From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of Bert Gunter Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 2:59 PM To: John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> Cc: r-help at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Changing fonts in the standard R editor [External Email] By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available. Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development Team
I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been
using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with
it except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change
the font in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be
possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases. At
the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my
needs. By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with
fonts that I like. It also seems to work if I start a new file in
notepad and set the font size there. I can then open this file in the
R editor and the font size will be retained. At the very least I
would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases.
Best
John Warner
John H. Warner, PhD, MBA
Director, Biostatistics
CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation
155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200
Princeton, NJ, 08540
(609) 945-9644: office
(609) 751-7345: cell
(609) 452-2160: fax
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On 2025-09-18 2:58 p.m., Bert Gunter wrote:
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.
I don't think it is available in Rgui.exe. I believe that as Tim describes, there's just one choice of font, you don't get "rich text" like you do in the Mac R.app editor. Duncan Murdoch
Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development Team
I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been
using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it
except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change the font
in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be possible and would
like it to be brought back in future releases. At the moment I have many R
command files with font sizes that suit my needs. By copying these and
renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like. It also seems to
work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there. I can
then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained. At
the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain
possible in any new releases.
Best
John Warner
John H. Warner, PhD, MBA
Director, Biostatistics
CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation
155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200
Princeton, NJ, 08540
(609) 945-9644: office
(609) 751-7345: cell
(609) 452-2160: fax
john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org>
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Hello, Here are two screen captures that illustrate how to change fonts and their size and style in RGui. Though it's an option, I don't see the point in changing the style to bold permanently, increase the size instead. Do not forget to click <Apply> when done. Hope this help, Rui Barradas
On 9/18/2025 8:27 PM, Ebert,Timothy Aaron wrote:
I am on windows. In the R editor that comes with the R installation I can go to the "Edit" menu and thence to the "GUI preferences" at the bottom of the drop down. I get a pop up (that I cannot show) and there is a "Font" section that allows you to change font, and size, and style. Size options go up to 36 point font, but have many smaller options. The apply button at the bottom lets me see the results without closing the window. Tim -----Original Message----- From: R-help <r-help-bounces at r-project.org> On Behalf Of Bert Gunter Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2025 2:59 PM To: John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> Cc: r-help at r-project.org Subject: Re: [R] Changing fonts in the standard R editor [External Email] By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available. Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development Team
I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been
using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with
it except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change
the font in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be
possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases. At
the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my
needs. By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with
fonts that I like. It also seems to work if I start a new file in
notepad and set the font size there. I can then open this file in the
R editor and the font size will be retained. At the very least I
would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases.
Best
John Warner
John H. Warner, PhD, MBA
Director, Biostatistics
CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation
155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200
Princeton, NJ, 08540
(609) 945-9644: office
(609) 751-7345: cell
(609) 452-2160: fax
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On 9/18/25 15:34, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 2025-09-18 2:58 p.m., Bert Gunter wrote:
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.
I don't think it is available in Rgui.exe.? I believe that as Tim describes, there's just one choice of font, you don't get "rich text" like you do in the Mac R.app editor.
But did font size *used* to be adjustable in Rgui.exe? "I think that this used to be possible" I don't know exactly where to look for changes, I was looking at history of stuff in R/src/gnuwin32 (especially editor.h, editor.c) but didn't get very far. Maybe things also changed in the upstream Windows libraries, i.e. Rtools ? MINGW-w64, etc. ??
Duncan Murdoch
Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development? Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision.? I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail.? There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor.? I think that this used to be possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases.? At the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my needs.? By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like.? It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there.? I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained.? At the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases. Best John Warner John H. Warner, PhD, MBA Director, Biostatistics CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation 155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ, 08540 (609) 945-9644: office (609) 751-7345: cell (609) 452-2160: fax john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org> ???????? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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On 2025-09-18 4:08 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:
On 9/18/25 15:34, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 2025-09-18 2:58 p.m., Bert Gunter wrote:
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.
I don't think it is available in Rgui.exe.? I believe that as Tim describes, there's just one choice of font, you don't get "rich text" like you do in the Mac R.app editor.
But did font size *used* to be adjustable in Rgui.exe? "I think that
this used to be possible"
I don't know exactly where to look for changes, I was looking at
history of stuff in R/src/gnuwin32 (especially editor.h, editor.c) but
didn't get very far. Maybe things also changed in the upstream Windows
libraries, i.e. Rtools ? MINGW-w64, etc. ??
Look here: https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/trunk/src/gnuwin32/editor.c No sign of any big changes there. The last ones to talk about fonts or other display issues were in 2008. Duncan Murdoch
Duncan Murdoch
Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development? Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision.? I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail.? There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor.? I think that this used to be possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases.? At the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my needs.? By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like.? It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there.? I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained.? At the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases. Best John Warner John H. Warner, PhD, MBA Director, Biostatistics CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation 155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ, 08540 (609) 945-9644: office (609) 751-7345: cell (609) 452-2160: fax john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org> ???????? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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On 9/18/25 16:17, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 2025-09-18 4:08 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:
On 9/18/25 15:34, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 2025-09-18 2:58 p.m., Bert Gunter wrote:
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.
I don't think it is available in Rgui.exe.? I believe that as Tim describes, there's just one choice of font, you don't get "rich text" like you do in the Mac R.app editor.
??? But did font size *used* to be adjustable in Rgui.exe?? "I think that this used to be possible" ??? I don't know exactly where to look for changes, I was looking at history of stuff in R/src/gnuwin32 (especially editor.h, editor.c) but didn't get very far.? Maybe things also changed in the upstream Windows libraries, i.e. Rtools ? MINGW-w64, etc. ??
Look here: ? https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/trunk/src/gnuwin32/editor.c No sign of any big changes there.? The last ones to talk about fonts or other display issues were in 2008. Duncan Murdoch
I saw that, but as I mentioned I didn't know whether changes
elsewhere in the pipeline (Rtools, Windows libraries etc.) might also
have had an effect ...
cheers
Ben B.
Duncan Murdoch
Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development? Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision.? I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail.? There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor.? I think that this used to be possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases.? At the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my needs.? By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like.? It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there.? I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained.? At the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases. Best John Warner John H. Warner, PhD, MBA Director, Biostatistics CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation 155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ, 08540 (609) 945-9644: office (609) 751-7345: cell (609) 452-2160: fax john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org> ????????? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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Bert and Duncan I am happy with the simple editor that ships with R except for the issue with fonts. I simply cannot find s way to change them in 4.2.0. I can change the font on the console and am sure that in previous versions of R I could change the fonts in the editor. Any help I could get with this would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I should raise this with the development team? And yes, I am using a windows server. Thanks John Be
On Sep 18, 2025, at 3:35?PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
? On 2025-09-18 2:58 p.m., Bert Gunter wrote:
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On my Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If you mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.
I don't think it is available in Rgui.exe. I believe that as Tim describes, there's just one choice of font, you don't get "rich text" like you do in the Mac R.app editor. Duncan Murdoch
Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Dear R development Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be possible and would like it to be brought back in future releases. At the moment I have many R command files with font sizes that suit my needs. By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like. It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there. I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained. At the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this remain possible in any new releases. Best John Warner John H. Warner, PhD, MBA Director, Biostatistics CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation 155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ, 08540 (609) 945-9644: office (609) 751-7345: cell (609) 452-2160: fax john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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I tried and confirmed that I could change the font (not just the font size, but the font itself) in the script editor inside Rgui, the default GUI of R in Windows, although I found out how accidentally. I tried both R 4.3.2 and R 4.5.1 on Windows 11, When I changed the font and clicked "Apply", only the font in the console changed immediately. I also thought the font in the script editor could not be changed. But when I closed the active script window, opened a new one, and typed something, I confirmed that the font in the script was the same font I saw in the console. This also applies to saved R scripts. They will use the font of the console if I change it, when I open them *after* I changed the font. Ideally, the font in all windows should change at the same time when we click "Apply." It is not the case now. Closing and reopening a script is a workaround for now. Regards, Shu Fai On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 2:13?PM John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Bert and Duncan I am happy with the simple editor that ships with R except for the issue with fonts. I simply cannot find s way to change them in 4.2.0. I can change the font on the console and am sure that in previous versions of R I could change the fonts in the editor. Any help I could get with this would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I should raise this with the development team? And yes, I am using a windows server. Thanks John Be On Sep 18, 2025, at 3:35?PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote: ? On 2025-09-18 2:58 p.m., Bert Gunter wrote:
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On
my
Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If
you
mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.
I don't think it is available in Rgui.exe. I believe that as Tim describes, there's just one choice of font, you don't get "rich text" like you do in the Mac R.app editor. Duncan Murdoch
Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <
John.Warner at chdifoundation.org>
wrote:
Dear R development Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be possible and
would
like it to be brought back in future releases. At the moment I have
many R
command files with font sizes that suit my needs. By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like. It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there. I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained.
At
the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this
remain
possible in any new releases. Best John Warner John H. Warner, PhD, MBA Director, Biostatistics CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation 155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ, 08540 (609) 945-9644: office (609) 751-7345: cell (609) 452-2160: fax john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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John, I have 4.3.1 and 4.2.1 on a Windows machine. If I open Rgui, change and save the settings to the default directory (documents) and the default file name (Rconsole) , the settings are reloaded when I open RGui again. Greg On Fri, 19 Sept 2025 at 16:13, John Warner <John.Warner at chdifoundation.org> wrote:
Bert and Duncan I am happy with the simple editor that ships with R except for the issue with fonts. I simply cannot find s way to change them in 4.2.0. I can change the font on the console and am sure that in previous versions of R I could change the fonts in the editor. Any help I could get with this would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I should raise this with the development team? And yes, I am using a windows server. Thanks John Be On Sep 18, 2025, at 3:35?PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote: ? On 2025-09-18 2:58 p.m., Bert Gunter wrote:
By "standard R editor" to you mean the RGUI editor that ships with R? On
my
Mac platform, it has menu entries in the "Format" menu that allow you to choose different fonts and sizes. On Windows, of course, the menus may be organized differently, but I would assume there's something similar. If
you
mean some other editor (e.g. see ?edit), then you need to dig into their docs. Again, I assume something similar would be available.
I don't think it is available in Rgui.exe. I believe that as Tim describes, there's just one choice of font, you don't get "rich text" like you do in the Mac R.app editor. Duncan Murdoch
Cheers, Bert On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 11:36?AM John Warner <
John.Warner at chdifoundation.org>
wrote:
Dear R development Team I am a long time user of R with a distinctly poor vision. I have been using the standard R interface for many years and am comfortable with it except for one minor detail. There seems to be no way to change the font in the standard R editor. I think that this used to be possible and
would
like it to be brought back in future releases. At the moment I have
many R
command files with font sizes that suit my needs. By copying these and renaming I can continue to work with fonts that I like. It also seems to work if I start a new file in notepad and set the font size there. I can then open this file in the R editor and the font size will be retained.
At
the very least I would like to be sure that work arounds like this
remain
possible in any new releases. Best John Warner John H. Warner, PhD, MBA Director, Biostatistics CHDI Management / CHDI Foundation 155 Village Boulevard, Suite 200 Princeton, NJ, 08540 (609) 945-9644: office (609) 751-7345: cell (609) 452-2160: fax john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org<mailto:john.warner at CHDIfoundation.org> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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