RKWard

Debugging features were added, several dialogs were reworked, and many plugins gained new features. Several bugs were fixed, and support for running on Mac OS X was added.

Support was added for the upcoming version 2.14.0 of R. The approach to downloading add-on packages has been reworked. Assorted new features have been added, and bugs have been fixed.

Besides bugfixes, this release brings a variety of new features. A new Ctrl+Tab window switching feature eases working with many documents. S4 slots and package namespaces can now be explored in the workspace browser. The output window can now also be used, easily, to document snippets of R code (including syntax highlighting) and the corresponding R output.

The GUI frontend and R backend have been split into separate processes, in order to enhance stability and compatibility with certain R packages. Many bugs have been fixed, and many features have been improved.

A plot-history feature has been added for on-screen graphics devices. The data.frame editor now supports editing row names, and new possibilities for scripting plugins have been added. Several bugs have been fixed, and documentation has been updated.