Installation

For a full featured install go to http://mslegrand.github.io/pointR/. There you will find package installers for linux, mac and windows.

pointR and ptR

• pointR is an R package providing a shiny-based minimalist IDE for R scripting using svgR. pointR is primarly written in R, with a little bit of javascript for seasoning.

• ptR is an Electron wrapper around pointR.

• Using Electron

  • Removes potential hiccups by removing and dependency on the local browser
  • Provides independent windows for help
  • Provides an integrated approach for building shiny custom inputs

• Related information can be found at http://mslegrand.github.io/svgR/.

• Rambling thoughts can be found on the wiki at https://github.com/mslegrand/pointR/wiki

Some Points on pointR

• pointR is a shiny server application
• pointR uses the ACE editor for coding
• pointR is intended to ease the writing of R scripts using svgR.
• pointR is an attempt to bridge the gap between coding and point&click.
• svgR bridges the gap between R and SVG

Some Points on ptR

• ptR is an Electron wrapper around pointR
• ptR is javascript (since Electron is)
• Electron is required for full functionality (such as building shiny input controls)

Building from Source

0. Warning, you might find this painful.
1. Download pointR and build the pointR library
2. Download ptR and place in a folder (like pointR-electron/ptRMigrate)
3. cd to ptRMigrate and edit script ./build/mklib.sh to copy the ptR lib to 2 locations (for testing & production)
4. Install node.js, npm, electon
5. from terminal run npm start

NOTE I've built both on linux and mac machines, but not windows.

Reporting issues

Please report any bugs/issue in the Github Issue tracker

#Contributing If you wish to contribute to the pointR project, now is the time. Thanks.

Caution

To quote from TrestleTech: As with any online application, it is a genuinely bad idea to allow arbitrary users to execute code on your server. BE CAREFUL!!

Licensing

		NOTICE

Copyright (c) 2020 M. S. Legrand. All rights reserved

The pointR package as a whole is distributed under the GPL-3 License, GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3, see below.

The pointR package is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

The pointR package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
GNU General Public License for more details.