Questions tagged [r]
R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. R can be run from within Emacs using the ESS (Emacs Speaks Statistics) package, which also provides a major mode for editing `.R` files.
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Installed polymode from Melpa, but everything comes up in Fundamental mode
I've been happily using polymode to edit Rmarkdown documents for many years. I had installed it and configured it manually, and it was fine until the sysadmins upgraded emacs from 24 to 27. The file I ...
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Creating scratch R files
Often I want to create a temporary R file and don't want to save the file or name the file. Is there a way to achieve this outside of using C-x C-f and naming a file? For example, in VSCode or Rstudio ...
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textual edits of R script drives up R process cpu load (ESS)
I'm using ESS (emacs speaks statistics) to edit R code. Once the R process is running, every textual edit in the buffer imposes substantial computational demand onto the R process (which I see top in ...
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Can Emacs (ESS) evaluate R code chunks within .rmd files and embed the outputs within the same file like R Studio?
Recently tried to start using (Doom) Emacs for writing R code via ESS mode. I was wondering if it's possible to embed the outputs of evaluated code chunks of R Markdown files like in R Studio
Example:
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Smart underscore and auto-complete not working with ESS installed from MELPA
I am using Emacs 26.4 from ubuntu repository on ubuntu 20.04.
I have swtiched from ESS by the ubuntu repository to the MELPA ESS, in order to have ESS working with R-4 (see this: ESS start process ...
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Polymode support for Reticulate-library for mixing R and Python
Polymode work well with Rmarkdown using ESS in R analyses. There is a R package reticulate that allows running python within R either interactively with reticulate::repl_python() or by line or file ...
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Importing org-mode table into R using `read.table()`
I see a related question has already been asked, but it misses my particular use case.
If I have an org-mode table with some data, and I want to import it into an R session, using read.table. However, ...
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tempel highlighting persists
I am using the tempel package and have the following snippet to insert R code blocks in Quarto:
markdown-mode
(rcode "```{r}" n p n"```")
This works great for inserting code ...
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Proper formatting of R help pages in eldoc-doc-buffer using eglot
I am using eglot with R and ESS. If I have the following R script, with eglot enabled (saved as test.R:
lm
And I place my cursor on lm then a temporary eldoc-buffer pops showing the first few rows of ...
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Evaluate Single Python Code Blocks in a Quarto File like in R Studio or Jupyter Lab
Quarto is a literate programming framework. It allows you to combine in a single file code (in various programming languages) and text (in markdown).*
When a Quarto document is rendered, the output ...
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Cannot set R :session in file property for interactive use
I would like all R src blocks in an org file to use the same session interactively and have included a minimal example below. I added the #+PROPERTY line as in the manual and ran C-c C-c as suggested ...
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Help getting two R plots into a Beamer slide
I am trying to develop slides for a course I am teaching in Org mode compiling to a latex beamer presentation. Overall most things are working fine. But for some reason I am having trouble getting two ...
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Emacs + ESS with Anaconda in cluster?
i want to run a different version of R when I start ESS (Emacs Speaks Statistics). It is on a grid environment and using anaconda, so I would like it to run the following scripts.
conda activate myenv
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Enabling helm interferes with R/ESS
I have helm enabled in an Org file that init.el calls. The code looks like the following:
(use-package helm
:config (require 'helm-config))
(global-set-key (kbd "M-x") #'helm-M-x)
(...
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Using org-table data for R block
I'd like to be able to plot in an orgbabel chunk these data I have in a org-table:
#+NAME:amount
| date | amount
|------------------+--------|
| <2022-01-30 Sun> | 55.1 |
| <...
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org-babel code block wrong type argument
I'm stumped as to why I can no longer export an org-babel file with R code chunks and can not work out where the error is cropping up.
A simple example that doesn't include the graph...
#+STARTUP: ...
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Getting R to Display Graphs in Emacs Window
There are some old threads asking about getting R to display its graphics in an emacs window (e.g. ESS plot directly to an Emacs buffer?) and the ESS manual says,
11.6.2 Using ESS with windowing ...
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Setting R's `source()` options used by ESS
I'm trying to figure out what to add to my .emacs settings file to get ESS to include an option and setting when sending highlighted code to R. Specifically, I want to set
source(max.deparse.length=...
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ESS : Seeing vignettes for a package without attaching the corresponding package
Suppose I wish to see the vignettes for an R package via ESS. I can do it like this:-
# This in the R process
library(car)
# This in the minibuffer
M-x ess-display-vignettes
My question is this: Can ...
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ESS: Turn off [TRUNCATED] in ESS R session
I'm running some code in a .Rmd file using M-n v u, but when I do so, my output is truncated. I'd like to turn this feature off, but the only documentation I can find mentioning truncation is for ess-...
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How to implement the native |> pipe in ESS mode
Using the code provided here I can use the magrittr package pipe %>%. I want to switch to the new native R pipe |>, but if I just substitute the old pipe with the new one the code is not ...
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Automatically change encoding of process buffers
Platform
Windows 10 with GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32).
Goal
To set the encoding of process buffers to UTF-8.
I would like to set the input and output encoding of process buffers, like ...
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How to use Emacs+ESS to access GNU R within docker including x11 without openssh-server
I'm using Debian Stable (currently Buster) to do my programming in GNU R.
As an IDE I'm using both Nvim-R (a vim/neovim-plugin) as well as Emacs+ESS but not Rstudio (although it's a great IDE for ...
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Poly-Markdown+R does not find the right version of R for R code chunks
I am working on a Rmarkdown document and I have R 4.0.4 running in a buffer. I try to export the document with M-n e and it finds R 3.6.3
sessionInfo()
R version 3.6.3
This meant that I had a lot of ...
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Pass a table's colnames to an R block
I have an org file with this content:
#+name: my-table
| *Type* | *Value* |
|---------+---------|
| Web | 744 |
| Checks | 520 |
| Cash | 105 |
|---------+---------|
| *Total* | ...
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Clear console output on *R* buffers when using ESS
I have this kbd in my init.el
(global-set-key (kbd "C-l") 'comint-clear-buffer)
When I use Emacs-ess mode fro programming in R, I use this kbd to clear the R output buffer, this is usually ...
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Convert orgmode to Rmd
As the title says, I have an orgmode file I have been using with ess and exporting to TeX which has been going very well. However, I need to now export to html for reasons out of my control, and was ...
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Tell ESS to use a different R program when on a Tramp remote session
I'm trying to configure ESS to use a different R program path when I'm on a remote session. Now, every time I ssh into the hpc cluster I use, I set the variable inferior-ess-R-program to /weird/path/...
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how to get out of a (R) repl’s multi-line (multiple-line) / line-continuation mode
My question: In (an R-repl from ESS layer) in spacemacs, I can’t end a multiple-line after I start it
myDf %>% # here i hit RET
so then the REPL goes into multi line mode:
+ myDf %>%
myDf %&...
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How to add function call highlighting in ESS?
I currently have some syntax highlighting in my ESS code (e.g., for brackets, =, and strings). I would like to add highlighting of function calls, like RStudio's "Highlight R function calls" ...
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exporting table from R
I'm trying to export a table from an R code block and have read Results of Evaluation (The Org Manual) which states that tables can be output with header options of :exports results :results value ...
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ESS start process does not include new R version
I am using the windows version of emacs that includes AuTeX and ESS from Vincent Goulet. I was using an older version of this packaging with a couple different versions of R. I recently installed the ...
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No match for ess-rdired
I'm not able to invoke the rdired-buffer when typing M-x ess-rdired, I get a "no match"-message. I'm also not able to find the function ess-rdired in the documentation (via C-h f). Any idea ...
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general function to concat token at point with function and send to *R*
I'm moving my R setup over to emacs and ess -- and am struggling with the emacs / LISP customisation process.
In an answer to another question, I learnt how to create a function that concats a ...
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emacs ess apply function to token under point
I've finally committed to moving over to both emacs and ess -- and i'm having a bit of trouble getting (the famously customisable) combination to work as i'd like.
Say that i have a file that ...
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ESS R workflow with package management in renv (or Packrat)
I do all my R development in Emacs via org-mode and ESS. All of my R projects are managed out of a single org-mode document (studies.org). Each project has a header and is tangled to its own project ...
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Set ESS working directory from header-args with org-babel sessions
I am experiencing a very strange behavior with org-babel code blocks. When I operate without the :session tag, I am free to use :dir to set my working directory. As you can see, the following code ...
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Evaluate org-babel header arguments consistently
Consider the following org-babel code block:
#+BEGIN_SRC R :session *R* :dir ~/_test
getwd()
#+END_SRC
When I C-c C-c on my source block, I get the following result, as expected:
#+RESULTS:
: /...
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Any equivalent of R+ESS for python?
I do a lot of R coding on Emacs – on Windows – using the wonderful ESS package. What I particularly like is that I can:
start an R session, and then send lines or regions of the script I'm working on ...
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Draw pie chart from orgmode table
I'm trying to draw a pie chart from an orgmode table. Let's keep it as simple as possible.
#+TBLNAME:kuchen
| 100 | ABC |
| 3 | DEF |
| 123 | XYZ |
#+name: pie-chart (kuchen = kuchen)
#+begin_src ...
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Emacs busy while evaluating R in ESS
When using Emacs with ESS, when I evaluate functions that take longer to complete (reading in larger files or executing SQL queries), the whole Emacs becomes busy (freezes, hangs, crashes - whatever ...
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Emacs 26.3 cannot call R
After updated to macOS Catalina (10.15) I've been trying to use R in Emacs 26.3. However, Emacs is not fetching R by using M-x R (Emacs says [No match]).
I already checked the paths for both R and ...
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Run R code on selected object
I am missing (or not aware) of a feature in ESS to run some R code on selected text. When editing a script, like
df1 <- data.frame(a=1:100,b=rnorm(100))
I often want to see head(df1) in my ...
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underscore ("_") randomly stops working for ESS
I am using iESS console and editor (ESS) for R programming, and often times (and randomly) the _ stops resulting in <-.
To temporarily hack it, I found that I could use ess-toggle-underscore or ...
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Can we get inline results with polymode for Rmd files?
As a new Emacs user, I've recently learned how to use polymode to handle R code in org-mode. I'm happy with it, since I get the same features than those implemented for example in Rstudio for Rmd ...
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How to specify a pdf viewer for ess mode
I have set the variable ess-pdf-viewer-pref to "evince"
But when I export any Rnw file using M-n e, instead of displaying the pdf in evince it is displayed inside Emacs.
How can I stop Emacs ...
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How to display *help* buffers below one specific window?
I am (really) new in Emacs and ESS, and I am currently trying to customize my environment.
The default settings of ESS[R] are convenient for me, since ESS[R] organizes the windows as follows:
--------...
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Projectile renaming buffer name causing issues with ESS (ctrl enter) functionality
I have recently installed projectile package into my Emacs. It's great package, however, now my C-RET binding to ESS (R) is not working any more.
Part of my current init.el related to ESS looks like ...
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Polymode changes from ESS-mode to Markdown-mode whenever I press enter
When I am editing .Rmd file within a polymode chunk, the mode switches from ESS to Markdown mode whenever I press enter. However, it switches back to ess-mode whenver I save the file.
I will try ...
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How to "manipulate" using R in Emacs
In Rstudio one can use library manipulate to interactively change the plot over some parameters(mu). When you use this in emacs ESS it gives error:
function(mu){
plot(mu)
}
manipulate(myfunc(mu),mu = ...
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