For many years I used RWinEdt as my text editor for R code, but when WinEdt 6.0 came out, RWinEdt stopped working. So I’ve been looking for something to replace it. I’ve tried Tinn-R, NppToR, Eclipse with StatET and a couple of other editors, but nothing was quite right. Then yesterday, out of the blue, RStudio was announced and it looks fantastic! A screenshot is given below. The window contains a smart editor with code completion and tabbing, console, workspace with viewable objects, plotting panel with history, …