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Asked: 2026-05-17T02:47:15+00:00

I apologize if this has already been asked a different way but I couldn’t

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I apologize if this has already been asked a different way but I couldn’t find anything getting at what I wanted.

I am really getting into R from other packages (SPSS). As I learn about what truly can be done, I realize that there are additional “tools” that I need. This gets me to my question.

What setup do you have for developing R code? I can’t see myself actually developing r packages anywhere in the near future, but I do see myself wanting to manage my r projects effeciently, as well as create reports and presentations in LaTeX.

For context, I develop my R code in Eclipse for Windows, but I have had a real hard time successfully setting up Latex/Sweave and Github plugins.

Lastly, do you develop code using Windows or something else?

Many thanks in advance for any insight you can lend.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Emacs has everything I commonly need:

    • ESS (for R),
    • AucTeX (for Latex),
    • similarly rich ‘modes’ for other languages I use (C++, make, shell, …),
    • plus a lot of other modes you get quite used to as e.g. dired for directory/file browsing or org-mode as planner/to-do list,
    • the SVN integration is very good too
    • and there are probably a number of tools within Emacs I am now forgetting.

    Works in text mode as well as graphical mode, and works essentially the same (incl ESS and AucTeX) on several operating systems (Linux mostly and Windows when I must). On Debian/Ubuntu all this is prepackaged and tends to work out of the box as well. For both Windows and OS X, Vincent Goulet has package very handy bundles, see here.

    The ‘daemon mode’ is outstanding too — I keep the same main Emacs session running and just connect and re-connect to it even when accessing the machine (via ssh or directly) from different computers.

    Also see the EmacsWiki for more tips around Emacs.

    Back to Emacs and R in particular. The R FAQ says it pretty well:

    and I like the affirmative and resounding answer to the second question: “Yes, definitely“. I fully concur.

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