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install.npptor: Downloads and installs NppToR for windows

Description

Allows the user to downloads and install the latest version of NppToR extension for Notepad++ for Windows.

Usage

install.npptor(URL = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/npptor/files/npptor%20installer/",
  ...)

Arguments

URL

the URL of the Notepad++ download page.

...

extra parameters to pass to install.URL

Value

invisible TRUE/FALSE - was the installation successful or not.

Details

Similar to the windows R gui built in editor, NppToR aims to extend the functionality of code passing to the Notepad++ code editor. In addition to passing to the R gui, NppToR provides optional passing to a PuTTY window for passing to an R instance a remote machine.

NppToR is a companion utility that facilitates communication between R and Notepad++. It provides code passing from Notepad++ into the windows R Gui. NppToR also provides an autocompletion database which is dynamically generated from the users' R library of packages, thanks to an addition by Yihui Xie. Notepad++ provides built it R code highlighting and folding.

References

homepage: http://npptor.sourceforge.net/ download page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/npptor/

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
install.npptor() # installs the latest version of NppToR
# }

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