From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Davison Subject: Re: [babel] R - variable names in summary Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:44:19 -0500 Message-ID: <87ein3ev30.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> References: <2c75873c0912081550m5da3861fgb3a14f047f8638ae@mail.gmail.com> <87k4wwf6h1.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <2c75873c0912090905y5d673fe3m879e7e79e77f3c89@mail.gmail.com> <87vdggdkob.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <2c75873c0912091233n788df5o86f603922138ad3f@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NITOh-0006fR-J5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:44:31 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NITOc-0006b1-QK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:44:30 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41996 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NITOc-0006as-GZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:44:26 -0500 Received: from markov.stats.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.210.1]:58884) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NITOb-0003Vd-W4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:44:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: <2c75873c0912091233n788df5o86f603922138ad3f@mail.gmail.com> (Graham Smith's message of "Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:33:25 +0000") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Graham Smith Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Graham Smith writes: > Dan, > > That's great, I am beginning to grasp how this works > >>> But I would never have figured out the :results output =C2=A0method, ho= wever. >> >> OK, it would be really helpful if you could let us know how we should >> improve the documentation of it. > > I'm not sure if I'm the one to ask about the documentation, as I > struggled with most of it, but that is my problem and probably not > typical. I'm also still very much trying to get to grips with Emacs > and orgmode. > > Not being a programmer, I find the terminology and phrasing of these I wouldn't classify someone who analyses their data with R as a non-programmer. > sorts of things difficult to follow, and need examples to copy , and > then try and extract from the documentation and other examples, how > things work. > > My problem was therefore the lack of examples specific to R. Yes, I can see that. I can imagine that if shell/python/ruby code looks alien then the examples using those languages are not very inviting. Thanks for pointing that out. Tom Dye and Eric and I are working on documentation, including a Worg page specifically for R with org-babel. Currently it doesn't contain anything you don't know but we'll let you know when the first version goes up on Worg. Dan > My > guess is that the majority of emacs/orgmode users won't have the same > problems. > > Graham > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode