Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:16:11 -0400
Reply-To: Wensui Liu <liuwensui@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Wensui Liu <liuwensui@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: what is "R"? Is it difficult to learn "R"?
In-Reply-To: <fddg32$e68$1@oravannahka.helsinki.fi>
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I feel ess under emacs/xemacs is pretty friendly, which allows you to
run R from emacs and keep the command history.
plus, if you use R understand linux, such as debian, you will feel R
is much more friendly than in windows.
On 9/26/07, Anon. <bob.ohara@sod.off.spammers.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> Bruce Weaver wrote:
> > Anon. wrote:
> >> nocturnal elephant wrote:
> >>> i agree about its complexity. r is not user-friendly. too bad, there
> >>> are many very good analytical programs attached to it. which the r
> >>> team can come up with a windows version.
> >>>
> >> Err, there is a Windows version. I use it on my laptop, which runs
> >> Windows.
> >>
> >> If you mean a GUI, there are plenty of them for R:
> >> <http://www.sciviews.org/_rgui/>
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >
> >
> > I saw some general info there, Bob, but no links to actual GUIs. The
> > one I'm aware of is John Fox's R Commander:
> >
> > http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/jfox/Misc/Rcmdr/
> >
> It's under "Projects" in the menu on the left hand side, along with some
> others. I'm happy with my command line, so I haven't explored them.
>
> Bob
>
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