Hi, I have been dreaming about a complete R environment on my USB stick for a long time. Now I finally want to realize it but what I am missing is a good, portable editor for R which has tabs and syntax highlighting, can execute code, has bookmarks and a little project file management facility pretty much like Tinn-R has those. I like Tinn-R but it seems like there is only a very old version of Tinn-R which works standalone. Can anyone recommend an adequate editor? Many thanks and all the best, Werner
portable R editor
14 messages · Werner Wernersen, Wensui Liu, Jose Claudio Faria +8 more
I feel emacs is portable enough for me.
On 3/2/09, Werner Wernersen <pensterfuzzer at yahoo.de> wrote:
Hi, I have been dreaming about a complete R environment on my USB stick for a long time. Now I finally want to realize it but what I am missing is a good, portable editor for R which has tabs and syntax highlighting, can execute code, has bookmarks and a little project file management facility pretty much like Tinn-R has those. I like Tinn-R but it seems like there is only a very old version of Tinn-R which works standalone. Can anyone recommend an adequate editor? Many thanks and all the best, Werner
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Hello Werner, Did you already try to use the new version of Tinn-R (2.2.0.2) and R in USB stick? I use it without problem! A good idea is to have a backup of your system configuration also in the USB stick. Unzip it (in any place) and replace the folder Tinn-R where Tinn-R stores all ini files in the computer used and all yours preferences will be preserved. HTH, JCFaria
Werner Wernersen wrote:
Hi, I have been dreaming about a complete R environment on my USB stick for a long time. Now I finally want to realize it but what I am missing is a good, portable editor for R which has tabs and syntax highlighting, can execute code, has bookmarks and a little project file management facility pretty much like Tinn-R has those. I like Tinn-R but it seems like there is only a very old version of Tinn-R which works standalone. Can anyone recommend an adequate editor? Many thanks and all the best, Werner
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Werner Wernersen <pensterfuzzer <at> yahoo.de> writes:
Hi, I have been dreaming about a complete R environment on my USB stick for a
long time. Now I finally want to
realize it but what I am missing is a good, portable editor for R which has
tabs and syntax highlighting, can
execute code, has bookmarks and a little project file management facility
pretty much like Tinn-R has
those. I like Tinn-R but it seems like there is only a very old version of
Tinn-R which works standalone. Hi Werner, Three options: I have previously posted about using Emacs + ESS on a USB stick: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02/archive/107419.html Tinn-R will work portably. I have simply copied the installed Tinn-R folder from one machine to another on which I do not have administrator privileges and therefore cannot do a normal install. Another option is Notepad++ (http://notepad- plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm). There is even a portable version available fom www.portableapps.com. Andrew Redd has created (and is continuing to develop) NppToR (http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~aredd/site/?q=node/37) which provides syntax highlighting, code folding and code passing to R. Notepad++ has a tabbed interface as well as add-ons including a file explorer, windows manager and multiclipboard manager. It also allows for the recording of macros, and the instructions found at this blog (http://aztecpassage.blogspot.com/2007/11/load-new-file-from-template-in- notepad.html) use Notepad++'s built-in capacity to run external tools to create new files from templates. Michael Bibo Queensland Health
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Werner, Another alternative is EditPad Pro <http://www.editpadpro.com/>. DaveT. ************************************* Silviculture Data Analyst Ontario Forest Research Institute Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources david.john.thompson at ontario.ca http://ontario.ca/ofri *************************************
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Redd [mailto:aredd at stat.tamu.edu] Sent: March 2, 2009 10:29 PM To: Michael Bibo Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] portable R editor Thanks for the plug on NppToR. Yes it is portable, but a few of the features don't work. I have it on my plan to have a launcher for the portable apps menu. Also the website for NppToR is now https://sourceforge.net/projects/npptor/ On my personal website I also keep, semi-up-to-date a portableapps.comcompatible launcher for R. http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~aredd/site/?q=node/2. There is a full installation and just the launcher. If you download just the launcher you can install the latest version of R into the bin directory and It will work. I think it is version 2.8.0 in the installer. I'll update that soon. Andrew Redd On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Michael Bibo <michael_bibo at health.qld.gov.au
wrote:
Werner Wernersen <pensterfuzzer <at> yahoo.de> writes:
Hi, I have been dreaming about a complete R environment on my
USB stick for a
long time. Now I finally want to
realize it but what I am missing is a good, portable
editor for R which
has tabs and syntax highlighting, can
execute code, has bookmarks and a little project file
management facility
pretty much like Tinn-R has
those. I like Tinn-R but it seems like there is only a
very old version
of Tinn-R which works standalone. Hi Werner, Three options: I have previously posted about using Emacs + ESS on a USB stick: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02/archive/107419.html Tinn-R will work portably. I have simply copied the installed Tinn-R folder from one machine to another on which I do not have
administrator privileges
and therefore cannot do a normal install. Another option is Notepad++ (http://notepad- plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm). There is even a portable version available fom www.portableapps.com. Andrew Redd has created (and is
continuing to
develop) NppToR
(http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~aredd/site/?q=node/37<http://www.sta t.tamu.edu/%7Earedd/site/?q=node/37>)
which provides syntax highlighting, code folding and code passing to R. Notepad++ has a tabbed interface as well as add-ons including a file explorer, windows manager and multiclipboard manager. It also allows for the
recording of
macros, and the instructions found at this blog
notepad.html<http://aztecpassage.blogspot.com/2007/11/load-new- file-from-template-in-%0Anotepad.html>)
use Notepad++'s built-in capacity to run external tools to create new files from templates. Michael Bibo Queensland Health
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EditPad Pro is commercial, which makes it a nonchoice for recommending it to my students. I recently switched from tinn-R to Notepad++ with NppToR and am quite happy with it. tinn-R is quite good, but possibly the project is getting too ambitous now. It needs quite some fiddling with Rprofile.site to make it work.
Thompson, David (MNR) wrote:
Werner, Another alternative is EditPad Pro <http://www.editpadpro.com/>. DaveT. ************************************* Silviculture Data Analyst Ontario Forest Research Institute Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources david.john.thompson at ontario.ca http://ontario.ca/ofri *************************************
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Redd [mailto:aredd at stat.tamu.edu] Sent: March 2, 2009 10:29 PM To: Michael Bibo Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] portable R editor Thanks for the plug on NppToR. Yes it is portable, but a few of the features don't work. I have it on my plan to have a launcher for the portable apps menu. Also the website for NppToR is now https://sourceforge.net/projects/npptor/ On my personal website I also keep, semi-up-to-date a portableapps.comcompatible launcher for R. http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~aredd/site/?q=node/2. There is a full installation and just the launcher. If you download just the launcher you can install the latest version of R into the bin directory and It will work. I think it is version 2.8.0 in the installer. I'll update that soon. Andrew Redd On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Michael Bibo <michael_bibo at health.qld.gov.au
wrote: Werner Wernersen <pensterfuzzer <at> yahoo.de> writes:
Hi, I have been dreaming about a complete R environment on my
USB stick for a
long time. Now I finally want to
realize it but what I am missing is a good, portable
editor for R which
has tabs and syntax highlighting, can
execute code, has bookmarks and a little project file
management facility
pretty much like Tinn-R has
those. I like Tinn-R but it seems like there is only a
very old version
of Tinn-R which works standalone. Hi Werner, Three options: I have previously posted about using Emacs + ESS on a USB stick: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02/archive/107419.html Tinn-R will work portably. I have simply copied the installed Tinn-R folder from one machine to another on which I do not have
administrator privileges
and therefore cannot do a normal install. Another option is Notepad++ (http://notepad- plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm). There is even a portable version available fom www.portableapps.com. Andrew Redd has created (and is
continuing to
develop) NppToR
(http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~aredd/site/?q=node/37<http://www.sta t.tamu.edu/%7Earedd/site/?q=node/37>)
which provides syntax highlighting, code folding and code passing to R. Notepad++ has a tabbed interface as well as add-ons including a file explorer, windows manager and multiclipboard manager. It also allows for the
recording of
macros, and the instructions found at this blog
(http://aztecpassage.blogspot.com/2007/11/load-new-file-from-te mplate-in- notepad.html<http://aztecpassage.blogspot.com/2007/11/load-new- file-from-template-in-%0Anotepad.html>)
use Notepad++'s built-in capacity to run external tools to create new files from templates. Michael Bibo Queensland Health
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Many, many thanks for all the answers! Notepad++ looks very promising although it does not have a project file management facility. But it has a very clean appearance. I'll have to look into SciTE which also sounds quite good. There seem to be some good alternatives. Meanwhile, I found a freeware application which helps to make Tinn-R truly portable: JauntePE (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1452) virtualizes access to the registry and file system and can easily be used to make also the ini settings portable. Thus, everything will be on the USB stick. Thanks again, Werner
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Hi Werner, Could you to post here details about the Tinn-R truly portable with JauntePE? I think it will be also useful for all Tinn-R users, like me. ;-) Many thanks, JCFaria
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Many, many thanks for all the answers! Notepad++ looks very promising although it does not have a project file management facility. But it has a very clean appearance. I'll have to look into SciTE which also sounds quite good. There seem to be some good alternatives. Meanwhile, I found a freeware application which helps to make Tinn-R truly portable: JauntePE (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1452) virtualizes access to the registry and file system and can easily be used to make also the ini settings portable. Thus, everything will be on the USB stick. Thanks again, Werner
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JauntePE is really easy to use. It does not take any particular skill. Just launch the main application, click on the Lauch JPE Quickie Button and it will guide you through the process. I left everything with the default settings. In brief, one starts the Tinn-R installer once from within JPE probably to check which folders, files, and registry entries are generated. Then, again from within JPE, one starts the now on the portable media installed Tinn-R application and finally the entire application can be packaged up which probably generates the starter and virtualization files within the Tinn-R folder. I realized that startup of Tinn-R is now slower and I haven't worked with that installation seriously yet but everything seems all right so far. Regards, Werner
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Could you to post here details about the Tinn-R truly portable with JauntePE? I think it will be also useful for all Tinn-R users, like me. ;-) Many thanks, JCFaria
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Another possibility is buy an U3 smartdrive (U3). And then you can use de UltraEdit Portable.
It?s a good text editor with some level of support for R.
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Assunto: Re: [R] portable R editor
You might also look at http://www.portableapps.com for a portable version of several editors, including gVim, Notepad++ and SciTE which all have some level of support for R
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Many, many thanks for all the answers!
Notepad++ looks very promising although it does not have a project file
management facility. But it has a very clean appearance. I'll have to look
into SciTE which also sounds quite good. There seem to be some good
alternatives.
Meanwhile, I found a freeware application which helps to make Tinn-R truly
portable: JauntePE (http://www.portablefreeware.com/?id=1452) virtualizes
access to the registry and file system and can easily be used to make also
the ini settings portable. Thus, everything will be on the USB stick.
Thanks again,
Werner
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and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
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Unfortunately, the suggested way with JauntePE does not work completely. Maybe I have found a better alternative now: There is a little free application by Sysinternals (now owned by MS) which can create junction points, i.e. a system link to a directory under Windows. It is available here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx In my setup, I have under the root directory of the USB stick one dir called "Programs" and one called "Application Data". I have copied the Tinn-R folder to Programs and the ini files from the user profile into Application Data. In Programs\Tinn-R I have created a batch file "startTinn-R.bat" with this content: REM START junction %APPDATA%\Tinn-R %CD%"\..\..\..\Application Data\Tinn-R" @start .\bin\Tinn-R REM END and copied the junction.exe into this dir as well. When I double click this bat file, a link to the ini files on the USB stick is created in the user's application data directory in the local harddrive of the PC used. But note that this does not work if there exists a Tinn-R directory already in the user's application data dir in local harddrive. All the best, Werner
Werner W. wrote:
JauntePE is really easy to use. It does not take any particular skill. Just launch the main application, click on the Lauch JPE Quickie Button and it will guide you through the process. I left everything with the default settings. In brief, one starts the Tinn-R installer once from within JPE probably to check which folders, files, and registry entries are generated. Then, again from within JPE, one starts the now on the portable media installed Tinn-R application and finally the entire application can be packaged up which probably generates the starter and virtualization files within the Tinn-R folder. I realized that startup of Tinn-R is now slower and I haven't worked with that installation seriously yet but everything seems all right so far. Regards, Werner
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