Giovanni Petris <GPetris@(protected):

>
> 2. I do most of my work in R using Emacs and ESS. That means that I
>   keep a file in an emacs window and I submit it to R one line at a
>   time or one region at a time, making corrections and iterating as
>   needed. When I am done, I just save the file with the last,
>   working, correct (hopefully!) version of my code. Is there a way of
>   doing something like that, or in the same spirit, without using
>   Emacs/ESS? What approach would you use to polish and save your code
>   in this case? For my course I will be working in a Windows
>   environment.

I second the recommendation of Tinn-R. It is quite a good
editor, with many R-specific features (including sending R
lines, blocks, or files of code). It will be considerably
easier for your students to install and learn than Emacs.

--
Mike Prager, NOAA, Beaufort, NC
* Opinions expressed are personal and not represented otherwise.
* Any use of tradenames does not constitute a NOAA endorsement.

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