From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Babel-R vs. ESS
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 11:33:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fvit1ggx.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAOm4EMvz06fzDyrsVi+htTpiv1qo6D3mSumi80T26nJ9iP4bpg@mail.gmail.com
Shiyuan <gshy2014@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi all,
> I am learning R and use Emacs to work with R. I googled around and I
> found two options: ESS and Org-R/Org-Babel.
> Babel speaks multiple languages( Any languages?-if we write some sort
> of parser, which I assume is not terribly difficult under Babel?).
>
> But if R is the primary language I would use, which option (Babel-R vs
> ESS) is more advisable? I do want a nice integration of
> graphics/source code into a paper/slides.
>
> Any suggestions/options are appreciated.
When you write a paper or slides Org(-Babel) is your best friend, I
would say. When its more about R programming with some sophisticated
documentation you could use outshine.el + outorg.el alternatively.
With Org, you are in a text-mode and have your (multi-language) code
'hidden' in source-blocks. For editing code, you switch to temporary
buffers in the programming-language mode.
With Outshine&Outorg, you are in a programming-mode (ESS[R]) and have
your documentation 'hidden' as comments. For editing (comment-) text,
you switch to a temporary edit buffer in org-mode.
I think there is even a third option, i.e. just using ESS[R] and nothing
else, I remember reading it has some multi-mode capabilities for
literate programming with sweave, but I'm not sure.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-25 9:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-25 7:08 Babel-R vs. ESS Shiyuan
2014-06-25 9:33 ` Thorsten Jolitz [this message]
2014-06-25 14:31 ` Ista Zahn
2014-06-25 14:44 ` Erik Iverson
2014-06-25 17:39 ` Joost Helberg
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