WinEdt is actually available for free (on a network key) through Harvard--try fas.harvard.edu/computing/downloads, in case anyone would prefer that. On Feb 6, 2008 6:04 PM, Jens Hainmueller <jhainmueller at gmail.com> wrote:

Try: http://polmeth.wustl.edu/mailinglist/search.php?order=dateposted <http://polmeth.wustl.edu/mailinglist/search.php?order=dateposted&title=Janu ary-2008&startdate=2008-01-01&enddate=2008-01-31> &title=January-2008&startdate=2008-01-01&enddate=2008-01-31 the emails at the bottom contain a discussion about editors for macs. j. From: gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hodgen Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:18 AM To: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: Re: [gov2001-l] R Editors Does anyone have any tips about installing an editor on a mac (G4, OS10,4) Jeremy On 6 Feb 2008, at 23:04, Jens Hainmueller wrote: Hi Folks, If you're running R on your machine, it is also highly recommended to install an editor that you use to write your code files. There are many text editors to choose from and for some people this choice is almost like a religion (http://xkcd.com/378/). Most editors offer similar features in terms of highlighting, indenting, etc. but there are some differences and you should pick what works best for you. A few popular editors are: For all platforms: - Xemacs http://www.xemacs.org/ (free, all purpose editor does almost any language, has highlighting, allows to run R from inside, and can also to Latex, the course website links to instructions for how to set this up on windows: http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic239013.files/Windows/Xemacs_For_W indows.pdf) For Windows: - Tin-R http://www.sciviews.org/Tinn-R/ (free, good highlighting, has autocompletion of R code and allows you to run code directly, doesn't do Latex) - WinEdt http://www.winedt.com/ (student license is like 30 bucks or so, nice highlighting, does R, Stata, Latex, Python, what have you ... instructions for the R-Winedt connection are on the course website at: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~aeggers/RWinEdt_installation.pdf) For Macs: - jEdit (www.jedit.org) - Aquamacs (http://aquamacs.org/) - TextMate ($50, http://macromates.com/) R also ships with a built in editors, but I don't recommend to use it because if your code leads R to crash, the editor windows also closes and you may loose your work. Please feel free to recommend others or to ask other students what they use. As I said, many roads lead to Rome when it comes to editors. Good luck, Jens from: gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l-bounces at lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Jenn Larson Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 4:59 PM To: gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu Subject: [gov2001-l] Section tomorrow Tomorrow's sections will be most useful if you can follow along on a computer. If you have a laptop, it would be a good idea to bring it along. In preparation, download the current version of R (2.6.1). A good way to learn R quickly is to consult some of the resources listed on the course syllabus. For those of you new to the email list, section tomorrow will be an introduction to R so there is no need to attend if you have experience with it (i.e. if you took gov 2000). See some of you tomorrow, Jens and Jenn _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l at lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l Dr Jeremy Hodgen Senior Lecturer in Mathematics Education King's College London Department of Education and Professional Studies Franklin-Wilkins Building Waterloo Bridge Wing 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH Tel: 020 7848 3102 Fax: 020 7848 3182 E-mail: jeremy.hodgen at kcl.ac.uk