micro-rrepl

This plugin turns micro into an extremely simple and lightweight R ID. It integrates an interactive terminal with tmux for the REPL workflow most R users are used to.

Usage

Start

Execute > rrepl as a micro-command to start the R session ctrl + q closes the r-session (and stops the tmux process in the background automatically)

Interact

• Ctrl + R sends the current line of the cursor or the selected lines to the R session

• Ctrl + P inserts a baseR pipe

• Alt + # inserts the R assign arrow " <- "

More

• > rrepl-stop kills R and cleans up

Installation

Linux:

wget https://github.com/thhaase/micro-rrepl/archive/main.zip -O rrepl.zip
unzip rrepl.zip
mkdir -p ~/.config/micro/plug/rrepl
mv micro-rrepl-main/* ~/.config/micro/plug/rrepl/
rmdir micro-rrepl-main
rm rrepl.zip

tmux styling

For the plugin to work you need tmux:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install tmux

I found the default tmux a bit bland. Tmux look and usage can be customized with a .tmux.conf file.

First download the catpuccin theme:

mkdir -p ~/.config/tmux/plugins/catppuccin
git clone -b v2.1.3 https://github.com/catppuccin/tmux.git ~/.config/tmux/plugins/catppuccin/tmux

(more info in the according repository)

After that copy the following code to create my .tmux.conf file.

# Create .tmux.conf with all the configuration in one command
cat > ~/.tmux.conf << 'EOF'
# ---- CATPUCCIN SETUP ----
set -g @catppuccin_flavor 'mocha'
run ~/.config/tmux/plugins/catppuccin/tmux/catppuccin.tmux
# Make the status line more pleasant.
set -g status-left ""
set -g status-right '#[fg=#{@thm_crust},bg=#{@thm_teal}] session: #S '
# Ensure that everything on the right side of the status line
# is included.
set -g status-right-length 100
# ---- ----
EOF