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Re:Show HN: Lotas – Cursor for RStudio by nomilk on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:26PM (#44640591)
I wouldn't expect the AI to see the output of the human running code line by line, but simply that when AI generates code, it places it in the script pane (just how cursor typically edits file(s) to place its generated code in the right places within those files).

For quick and dirty EDA in R, the appropriate place is probably just going to be the bottom of the current script. For example here [0] Rao gives the requested code; rather than being presented with Run/Cancel options, I'd prefer an 'Accept' button that places the code at the end of the current script in the script pane so it can be read by the human and run a line at a time (to verify that it works each step of the way)

[0] https://imgur.com/a/8x4Ykdt

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Re:Show HN: Lotas – Cursor for RStudio by WillNickols on Monday July 21, 2025 @05:49PM (#44640809)
Makes sense - we're planning to have "Rao rules" (essentially Cursor rules) out tomorrow, so you'll be able to include an instruction that it should always append to some file you have open. Hopefully it obeys that and then you can run the code from there.
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