Linux

[TheEcologist]

LINUX MINT 13 [MATE] - I was ripping my hair out yesturday because I just couldn't figure out how to change the colour of my window borders. Obviously I was changing themes etc.. but apparently it is a compatibility issue with compiz and mate Anyway, the reason for posting is to share the solution if any other MATE users are having simialr issues: Install "ubuntu tweak" - go to the tweaks tab and change your theme from there. Instant success. "Gnome tweak tool" didn't work. Now my desktop looks like a million bucks (oh, expect it was free!).

We demand screenshots!

[TheEcologist]

Many people have urged me to try Rstudio, which is indeed nice, but has a single focus; R - and too many features I don't need. I also tried Eclipse statet, but I find it has the same problem.. limited scope.. and to much I don't need.

Plus I don't only use R, I also use C, PhP or SQL and I want the same editor for all of these. I also want an editor that I can customize without headaches for everything, and there really is just one for me - gEdit.

On a glance it may seem very limited but that is just not the case... it's power is that it is easily customizable and thus potentially very powerful.
So as a guide for people who want to try gEdit's power.. here is a short guide to go from gEdit to gEdit ++ to eventually gEdit ++ super IDE;

1) get the full suite of plugins - this usually means you need to do this; sudo apt-get install gedit-plugins

2) Install the most useful ones,

• External Tools (run shell commands or pipe code in gEdit)
• Snippets (for quick code snippets)
• Embedded Terminal (complete with pipe to terminal command)
• Multi Edit (or imitation)
• Bracket Completion: To automatically complete ending bracket (although I prefer Bracket highlighting)

3) install some to your own interest

• R gedit (for full R integration)
• Smart highlighting (very neat addition)
• Class browser (https://github.com/FooBarWidget/gedi...browser-plugin)
• VigEdit (for vims power in gedit]

Now I have only listed a few, there are many many more (like projects and session managers, file browsers, file path pullers), and if you miss some special feature you can add it yourself.. very very easily - and that my friends is where the real power of gEdit lies - infinite customizability

So if you're ready to jump to another editor again, why not try gEdit, its as small and simple as you want it or as bloated with functionality as you wish. Which is exactly why I love it.. as you wish.. freedom with nothing predefined! So experience freedom from all the wrapped-up and predefined - we are all different with each of us a unique set of needs

Freeing your code on step at a time,

TE

[bugman]

We demand screenshots!

Sure, though it maybe boring too some, I love its simplicity, the translucent panel and some cool exploding windows effects.

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[bukharin]

I'm with you, I think it looks great

[bugman]

And here is one of the window borders that I finally managed to chnage. With window opacity activated.

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[Dason]

The resolution is really small when they're attached like that. Any chance of getting a higher quality image?

[bugman]

Yeah, I realised that just after uploading them. I am using a ubuntu screenshot apt for the first time. I think I'll have to resize in gimp.

[bugman]

ok, take 2. Maybe this is better:

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[bugman]

And exploding windows - sweet.

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[bugman]

Can anyone give my a pointer about updating R-base from 2.14 to 2.15.2? The synaptic manager only offers 2.14 and using the commnad line I get the message that I am currently using the latest version - which I'm not.

I have downloaded the tar.gz folder from the cran mirror but I am having real trouble installing it? Anyone able to help - or knows of a decent link?

Cheers

[bryangoodrich]

http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/README

You want to set up your deb repository for a CRAN mirror. Then you'll be using them to get the latest R version and packages.

[Dason]

Assuming you're running Ubuntu/Mint - follow the directions here: http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/

Mainly run this:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9

Add this to the bottom of /etc/apt/sources.list (you'll need to use sudo to edit that file)

deb http://<my.favorite.cran.mirror>/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/

where you choose your favorite mirror from here: http://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html
so I would personally add

deb http://streaming.stat.iastate.edu/CRAN/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/

Then run the following lines

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base
#optionally
sudo apt-get install r-base-dev

[bugman]

Thanks Dason,

just a little unsure where to add that second line of code...

deb http://cran.csiro.au/ /CRAN/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/

[Dason]

Thanks Dason,

just a little unsure where to add that second line of code...

It should be
[code]

deb http://cran.csiro.au/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/

I removed an extra space and backslash. And it should go in /etc/apt/sources.list

You could use

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

to open gedit so you can actually save the changes (you need sudo) and then just add that line to the end of the file. Then do the rest of the stuff.

[bugman]

ARRRRRRRGH

Fetched 159 kB in 19s (8,183 B/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://cran.csiro.au/CRAN/bin/linux/ubuntu/precise/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

This is a new one on me. Any hints?