[TxMt] Bundles: R; LaTeX deep include parsing

[Charilaos Skiadas]

On May 1, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Jeffrey Robert Spies wrote:

> I would love to see function completion like the mac GUI for R has;  
> so, I would type "glm(" and somewhere I get information on what the  
> input for glm looks like.  With R, because it is user-contributed  
> functions, input is not standardized and this would be a handy  
> feature.  Do people think this would be useful?

Some more things I'd like to see:
1) Be able to run the whole file and see the output in a nice html  
window, like it happens with Ruby. I've tried to make that work, but  
was unable to.
1+) Extra points for producing a list of links to all images created  
during the session.
2) Instant tooltip help on current word.
3) (Ideally, via a plugin probably) Be able to have a "session" with  
R, i.e. type commands and have their result appear. Each pressing of  
"return" should execute the current line in a running version of R,  
and insert the output on the next line.
4) Function name completion, for standard functions as well as  
packages installed and loaded in current file.
5) Snippets for -> and <-
6) Syntax check, if possible.
7) Ability to run the program up to current line, and evaluate  
current selection in that context, and show result in tooltip.

Number 1 is the most pressing one for me. Theoretically all these  
should be done via interaction with the command-line version of R,  
but I haven't been able to find the best mode that would do that. I'm  
guessing one should look at what ESS is doing and try to do something  
similar.

> Jeff.

Haris