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I am trying to use Sublime Text 2 as an interface to the statistics software R [update/edit: Solved!].

On Windows, I have tried the following:

  1. Installed R Tools. Turned out to be for Macintosh 64 only.

  2. Tried to program custom build file. Failed: no output returned.

    {
"cmd": "C:/Program Files/R/R-2.9.2/bin/R.exe --no-save $File"
}

  3. Installed SublimeREPL. Failed: R menu option disabled...

  4. [update/edit] Tried this (see wuub's reply):

    {
    "default_extend_env": {"PATH": "{PATH};C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.9.2\\bin"}  
}
noumenal
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4 Answers4

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Open SublimeREPL's user settings like this: Preferences -> Package Settings -> SublimeREPL -> Settings - User

there set default_extend_path to point to your R installation:

{
    "default_extend_env": {"PATH": "{PATH};C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.14.2\\bin\\i386"}  
}

Running Tools -> SublimeREPL -> R should launch REPL as expected.

Wojciech Bederski
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  • Thanks. I gave this a try, saved, and restarted Sublime text 2. However, all items are still greyed out in the Sublime REPLmenu. I cannot run R at all. – noumenal Apr 25 '12 at 20:45
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    Try Tools -> Command Palette and type "SublimeREPL: R". I cannot think of anything that would cause menu items to be disabled, it seems something is wrong with your ST2 installation. – Wojciech Bederski Apr 25 '12 at 21:14
  • Install seems to be corrupt. Cannot find the command in the Command Palette. – noumenal Apr 26 '12 at 09:22
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    Great. There are still some unsolved problems with SublimeREPL & R (see: http://www.sublimetext.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5802) but at least for some it seems to be usable. – Wojciech Bederski Apr 26 '12 at 09:34
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For windows system you can add a new build for R (Tools -> Build System -> New Build System) and put the following lines. Modify the path according to your R installation directory.

{"cmd": ["Rscript.exe", "$file"],
"path": "C:\\Program Files\\R\\R-2.15.2\\bin\\x64\\",
"selector": "source.r"}

You can execute the entire file by pressing ctrl+B instead of starting SublimeREPL.

Feng Mai
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The build system value needs to be an array so you want;

{
  "cmd": ["C:/Program Files/R/R-2.9.2/bin/R.exe", "--no-save", "$File"]
}

https://docs.sublimetext.io/guide/usage/build-systems.html#file-format

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For linux users, take a look:

Sublime Text 2 R build System

It supports multi selection and interactive R sessions.

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  • This build uses xsel and xdotool. Autohotkey (AHK) could be an alternative for windows users. – cpicanco Jan 21 '15 at 02:50
  • Have you done the configuration steps? See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29732597/sublimetext-and-r-setting-current-file-directory/29733166#29733166 – TinaW Apr 25 '15 at 11:23