<s>
RKWard	B-Language
is	O
a	O
transparent	O
front-end	O
to	O
the	O
R	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
a	O
scripting-language	B-Language
with	O
a	O
strong	O
focus	O
on	O
statistics	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RKWard	B-Language
tries	O
to	O
combine	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
R	B-Language
language	I-Language
with	O
the	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
of	O
commercial	O
statistical	B-Algorithm
packages	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
RKWard	B-Language
is	O
written	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
although	O
it	O
can	O
run	O
in	O
numerous	O
environments	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
and	O
integrates	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
desktop	O
environment	O
with	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
(	O
software	O
)	O
libraries	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
RKWard	B-Language
aims	O
to	O
be	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
both	O
for	O
people	O
with	O
deep	O
knowledge	O
of	O
R	B-Language
,	O
and	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
have	O
experience	O
in	O
statistics	O
,	O
are	O
not	O
familiar	O
with	O
the	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
design	O
offers	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
using	O
the	O
graphic	O
tools	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
ignoring	O
many	O
of	O
them	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
program	O
as	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
workspace	O
viewer	O
,	O
which	O
gives	O
access	O
to	O
packages	O
,	O
functions	O
and	O
variables	O
loaded	O
by	O
R	B-Language
or	O
imported	O
from	O
other	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
file	O
viewer	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
set	O
editing	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
display	O
of	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
variables	O
,	O
help	O
,	O
command	O
log	O
and	O
HTML	B-Language
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
offers	O
components	O
that	O
help	O
in	O
code	O
editing	O
and	O
direct	O
order	O
execution	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
script	O
window	O
and	O
the	O
R	B-Language
console	O
,	O
where	O
you	O
can	O
enter	O
complete	O
commands	O
or	O
programs	O
as	O
you	O
would	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
R	B-Language
text	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
R	B-Language
package	O
management	O
is	O
carried	O
out	O
through	O
a	O
configuration	O
dialog	O
that	O
allows	O
one	O
to	O
,	O
either	O
automatically	O
(	O
because	O
a	O
plug-in	B-Application
requires	O
it	O
)	O
or	O
manually	O
,	O
install	O
new	O
packages	O
from	O
the	O
repository	B-Application
's	O
official	O
project	O
,	O
update	O
existing	O
ones	O
,	O
delete	O
them	O
or	O
upload	O
/	O
download	O
them	O
from	O
the	O
workspace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thanks	O
to	O
its	O
add-ons	B-Application
system	O
RKWard	B-Language
constantly	O
expands	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
functions	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
without	O
writing	O
the	O
code	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
components	O
allow	O
,	O
from	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
instructions	O
to	O
be	O
generated	O
in	O
R	B-Language
for	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
or	O
complex	O
statistical	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
results	O
of	O
the	O
computations	O
are	O
formatted	O
and	O
presented	O
as	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
making	O
it	O
possible	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
click	O
and	O
drag	O
,	O
to	O
export	O
tables	O
and	O
graphs	O
to	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
office	O
suites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RKTeaching	O
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
rk.Teaching	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
package	O
specially	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
teaching	O
and	O
learning	O
statistics	O
,	O
integrating	O
modern	O
packages	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
R2HTML	O
,	O
plyr	O
and	O
ggplot2	O
among	O
others	O
)	O
as	O
RKWard	B-Language
native	O
outputs	O
.	O
</s>
