Hi all,
Can the Rdaemon bundle can behave in a way that's similar to ESS in Emacs (or as near as possible given that TextMate doesn't do split windows and frames, etc). What I want is to have an R file open in one window (associated with the R bundle) and an R session created under Rdaemon open in a second window. I write R code in the R file and, as needed, send chunks of it over to the R session where they are executed. This is the standard way of working interactively with R in Emacs/ESS. You can select code chunks and execute them in an R process running inside a buffer. The code is echoed in the R session when you send it over, together with any errors or output, etc.
In TextMate, I can have an R file open and an R session running in Rdaemon, which is great. I can select code and use "Send Selection to Rdaemon", but it works in the background (or rather, with a progress- meter message box). The code executes properly, but it and its output are not echoed in the open Rdaemon window. Once the code has been executed I can step back through the code in the Rdaemon window using the line-by-line code history. But what I want is to see code chunks (and their output) inside the Rdaemon window as I go. Is this possible?
I realize it's somewhat unfair to ask TM/Rdaemon to behave just like Emacs/ESS and yet still be TM. It's just that now that TM's LaTeX bundle is so solid, having Rdaemon able to behave in this way would mean I could stop using Emacs ...
Thanks,
Kieran